that horrendous attack. she described to us the moments that that explosion happened. it was just after ariana grande had just finished her last song and left the stage. that s when the explosion happened. she said she could feel the explosion with her friend inside the arena. her grandfather was on another level of the arena. he actually sustained a head injury and is being treated at this hospital. that is why ely ward was here. we also spoke to one woman who was here because her mother and sister were there to pick up here nieces at the arena. they sustained blast injuries. so we re hearing more and more of these kind of stories of victims sustaining injuries, many of them parents who were there to pick up their kids. as we know as well from that press conference earlier today with the head of police in manchester, children sadly are among the dead. they are still working to try to
vile, especially criminal, especially horrific because it deliberately targeted teenagers. all right some 60 ambulances responded to the scene of the blast, taking victims to hospitals. she is there at the manchester infirmary where some of the wounded are being treated. what are you hearing from officials there, erin? at the scene, this is one of six hospitals that are treating victims from this horrific attack. we have yet to hear from officials on specifics in terms of the types of injuries they re treating here. but we know they re very busy in the overnight hours. they actually closed the hospital down to regular patients. it was only urgent patients that were being treated here. those restricts, though, have since been lifted. we ve been speaking to some eyewitnesses that were here at this hospital. 17-year-old ely ward was here. she was inside the arena for
we were speaking to eyewitnesses. one eyewitness who walked out of the hospital, 17-year-old ely ward, she said she was inside the arena at the time of the explosion. ariana grande had just left the stage, finished her last song when the explosion could be heard. she said she felt the explosion. she was there with a friend. her grandfather had just arrived to pick her up. she sustained a head injury and has been admitted to this hospital. one of some 59 victims to be admitted to the hospital over night. we are waiting for an update on the conditions of the patient, the types of injuries sustained. the hospital here suspects to give an update in the coming hours. if you look at some of the images from inside the manchester arena, there s clearly people rushing to get out, chaos. and there have been some reports that some people injured were injured in the rush to get out.