Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Unforgivable’ security mistakes

(BBC) Paul Price does not know how close he was to death on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing.

Though he remained awake in the horrific minutes that followed, he has barely any memory of it, and for that he is grateful.

His injuries were catastrophic, a seemingly endless catalogue of destruction from which his body will never fully recover.

Dozens of surgeries. Shrapnel still embedded in his body. Permanent loss of function in his hand and leg. Weekly painful rehab sessions.

But nothing compares to the loss of his partner Elaine McIver, who was among the 22 people killed when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated his home-made device.

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