ATTACK: Police at the Manchester Arena MORE than a dozen people critically injured in the Manchester Arena attack were only taken to hospital by ambulance from the scene more than three and a half hours after the attack, a public inquiry heard. James Birchenough, an operation manager at North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) was in charge of the casualty clearing station, setting up a triage system below the venue on the concourse of Victoria railway station. Critically injured patients were then ferried from the blast scene in the City Room, the foyer of the Arena, down steps on makeshift stretchers for them to be assessed.
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headed to a subtropical vacation for a school trip. the poignancy of the young people on board is adding to the sense of tragedy here. chaotic. we are showing pictures of wrapping up young children, teenagers put on stretchers and taken to a staging area for the casualties. what can you tell us about the search underway for the missing? is it hoped some of the missing may have been picked up by other boats? reporter: that is the hope. in the early stages of the rescue operation, much of the rescuing was done by civilian craft in small vessel fishing boats in the area. the hope is they were rescued and taken to different locations and haven t shown up at the central casualty clearing station in a stadium. however, hope is beginning to