Hero window cleaner risked his own life saving injured children in Southport attack
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This is the hero window cleaner who risked his own life saving injured children in the Southport attack. Marcin Tyjon, 41, even gave CPR to one young victim after Axel Rudakubana had stabbed several people at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party last July. Marcin and his colleague Joel Verite had heard terrifying screams and saw children running down the street in the aftermath of the bloodshed.
They ran to Hart Space - where "everyone was screaming" - to help the stricken youngsters. Marcin, originally from Poland, said: "People started running from the area, neighbours, they started bringing towels. "Someone took care of one girl, and I took care of the first one, then Joel brought out another girl and another one. I didn't even know that the attacker was inside.".
Yet, both Marcin and Joel, 26, risked their own lives to help the injured kids in the dance studio in Southport, Merseyside. They gave them enough vital care until ambulances arrived. Although Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe later died, other children - and adults - pulled through, in part thanks to Marcin and Joel's interventions.
Marcin, a window cleaner, gave a statement to Merseyside Police, whose investigation lead to Rudakubana's three murder charges. He admitted these counts, in addition to 10 charges of attempted murder and one charge of possession of a knife, on Monday at Liverpool Crown Court.
