Meet The Angels Among The Terror

These good Samaritans ran to the aid of others during the Ariana Grande concert.

- Belinda Wanis

It was supposed to be the experience of a lifetime for many young teens and children as their parents took them to American pop star Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, England. Social media feeds were filled with the excited youngsters enjoying the concert – for many their first – not knowing that just as Ariana was singing her final encore, British-born Salman Abedi, 22, was entering Manchester Arena with a nail bomb in a suitcase.

As families started to stream out of the venue, an almighty bang was heard and it took a few moments for people to register what was going on – there had been an explosion in the foyer of the building. As children screamed, running in terror in every direction, not knowing where was safe, a few very brave souls were racing towards danger in a valiant effort to help those in need.

While many were trained to assist such as police, firefighters and paramedics, there were also ordinary people who disregarded their own safety to help others at the scene – ordinary people who are now being heralded as “Angels of the North”.