Stephen Jones and Chris
was sleeping near the concert hall in Manchester when the "boom" of the suicide bombing woke him up. Chris Parker was in the round. Without waiting, these two homeless people rushed to help, and became heroes on social networks.
'We had to pull nails out of children's faces': Steve, a homeless man who was sleeping near Manchester Arena, rushed to help young victims
But "it is the cries that I can not forget and the smell ... I do not like to say it but it smelled burnt flesh".
"We hardly slept the night because of what we saw," said Stephen Jones, referring to the "lifeless bodies" of children lying on the floor and surrounded by their "hysterical" mothers, .
The youngest identified victim was eight years old.
"It was children, many children with blood everywhere and shouting and crying," ITV, Stephen Jones, said on Tuesday, the 35-year-old SDF with an emaciated face, with a mustache and a small goat.
"We had to remove nails from their arms and even from the face of a little girl," added this former mason, homeless for more than a year.
"It is not because I am homeless that I have no heart," he said, assuring: "they needed help", "it is just the instinct of 'Go to help'.
"I heard a boom and a second after I saw a white flash and then smoke and I heard shouting," said the British Press Association agency Chris Parker, 33, on the edge tears.
"It stuck me to the ground and then I got up and instead of running away, my instinct urged me to run and try to help," he said, describing "lying people By land everywhere ".
"I saw a little girl ... she had no more legs, I wrapped her in a T-shirt and I asked her where your mom and daddy are." She replied: + my Dad is at work and my mom is up there ".
'She's dead in my arms'
Chris Parker, who has slept in the streets of Manchester for nearly a year, regularly visits the concert hall to do the sleeve.
Sad, he also said he tried to comfort a woman who eventually succumbed to her injuries: "She died in my arms. She was in her sixties and told me that she had come with her family" .
"There were nuts and bolts all over the ground. Some people had holes in the back," he said.
But "it is the cries that I can not forget and the smell ... I do not like to say it but it smelled burnt flesh".
"We hardly slept the night because of what we saw," said Stephen Jones, referring to the "lifeless bodies" of children lying on the floor and surrounded by their "hysterical" mothers, .
The youngest identified victim was eight years old.
The suicide bombing, claimed by the Islamic State group and killed 22 people and wounded 59, took place on Monday at 10:30 pm (2130 GMT) after a concert by US pop singer Ariana Grande.
Collects were launched on the internet and had Tuesday night more than 9,400 pounds (10,890 euros) for Stephen Jones and more than 10,000 pounds (11,600 euros) for Chris.
Michael Johns, who originated the collection for Chris without knowing it, explains on the site that it is necessary to help "one of the most vulnerable people in our society who has shown a lot of altruism And courage ".
Attentat de Manchester : Stephen et Chris, les deux hƩros sans-abri