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Firefighter Leaves Heartbreaking Tribute To Grenfell Tower Victims

Firefighter Leaves Heartbreaking Tribute To Grenfell Tower Victims

It was signed-off: “firefighters x.”

James Dawson

James Dawson

A firefighter left a heartbreaking tribute to the Grenfell Tower victims apologising for their hardwork "not being enough".

The unknown emergency worker placed the bouquet of flowers on a wall of condolence close to the the Kensington tower block.

The handwritten message read: "We've never worked harder. We gave everything. Sorry it wasn't enough."

It was signed-off: "firefighters x."

Firefighters were on the scene of the blaze within six minutes of the first call. In total more than 500 emergency service crew members - including around 300 firefighters - were called to the scene of the blaze in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

More than 70 remain unaccounted for and 30 have been confirmed dead in the tower block fire, with the death toll expected to rise.


Queen Elizabeth II meets firefighters during a visit to the area. Credit: PA

At the time of the incident Mick, a firefighter, tweeted a photo of the helmet he wears for work, with his name and identification number in case anything happened.

Sharing the snap, he wrote: "You know it's not going to be good when you're told to write your name on your helmet before you go in!"

The emergency services have been praised for their dedication and bravery throughout the tragic event.

London Fire Brigade fire commissioner Dany Cotton said: "It was a very stressful and difficult time. I was committing hundreds of firefighters into a building that to lot of people looked terribly unsafe. My firefighters were desperate to get in there and desperate to rescue people.

Britain's Prince William meets firefighters. Credit: PA Images

"We committed crew after crew into a very dangerous, very hot and very difficult situation, because we had a passion to do as much as we could to rescue the people in there. It was a very traumatic event for everyone involved."

Earlier today Prince William and the Queen met firefighters during a visit to the Westway Sports Centre which is providing temporary shelter for those who have been made homeless by the fire.

As ever we can never be too thankful for our emergency services.



Featured Image Credit: PA Images

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