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Manchester Bombing Research Paper

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The Day the Manchester Arena Was Bombed “ An eight-year-old little girl lost her life today,” my mom said as she looked up from the TV. “ She was having the time of her life and it was taken away from her.” May 22nd at an Ariana Grande concert, 22 people including kids, died due to a bomb that was placed at the busiest exit of that arena. That day made many people afraid to go to concerts, including me. It is the day people will remember for the rest of their life. It was the summer going into 9th grade, I was sitting on my couch scrolling through twitter. I kept seeing people post “Pray for Manchester” I was confused, so I decided to do some research on it. As I typed “ Manchester” on google, I saw that CNN had posted “ Manchester bombing,” and I was even more confused. When I clicked on the website and read that at the end of a Ariana Grande concert, suicide bomber Salman Abedi had taken his life as well as many others. I said to my mom,” How could someone do this to innocent people,” she responded with,” I don’t know but this should never happen.” As I scrolled through twitter and I saw pictures and videos and I was in shock. …show more content…

In the video you could also see people in panic running to find the nearest exit. Also I kept seeing post of people searching for their children in hospitals, some parents went home that night not knowing where their children were or if they were even alive and some went home knowing they were never gonna see their child alive again. Another picture that I saw was of a girl, she had blood running down her arm and couldn't walk, she was one of the lucky ones that had survived. I had read another article which said that more than 240 emergency calls were made, 60 ambulances, and 400 police officers were

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