Government urged to ‘open its eyes’ by parents of bomb attack victim
Manchester bombing victim Georgina Callander’s family has warned the government to “open its eyes” to the terror threat – or more parents could lose children.
The 18-year-old was killed in the blast shortly after her favourite artist Ariana Grande left the stage at the Manchester Arena on Monday.
Her family said the teenager’s life had been cut short by “evil, evil men prepared to ruin lives and destroy families”.
It added: “I wish I could say that Georgina is one of the last to die in this way but unless 0 Georgina Callander was killed at Manchester Arena our government opens its eyes we know we are only another in a long line of parents on a list that continues to grow.”
Another family torn apart by the atrocity, that of 14-yearold victim Nell Jones, said they were “shattered” by her murder, but praised the response for restoring their “faith in humanity”.
Schoolgirl Nell went to the concert with fellow pupil Freya Lewis, who was injured in the blast.
On Saturday, Freya’s father praised the health service for saving his daughter, saying: “Awesome is as good as we can come up with, but that doesn’t feel adequate.”
Miss Callander, from Chorley, was in her second year of studying health and social care at Runshaw College in Leyland, Lancashire.