Window cleaner reveals how he risked own life to save kids in Southport attack
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A heroic window cleaner who helped save injured children during the Southport knife attacks has spoken of his ordeal. Marcin Tyjon, 41, was one of the first people at the scene last July and even gave CPR to a young victim after she was attacked by Axel Rudakubana while attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
![[A HERO window cleaner has recalled how he was first on the scene to help save injured children from the horrifying knife attack in Southport. Marcin Tyjon, 41, was driving down the road with colleague Joel Verite, 26, when they heard terrifying screams and saw kids running down the street.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236864520-103c.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=495)
He and his colleague Joel Verite were driving down the road on the day of the attacks when they came across a bleeding woman and terrified children running down the street. They ran to the nearby Hart Space, where Rudakubana was in the midst of a stabbing spree, and provided care to the stricken children until emergency services arrived.
![[Axel Rudakubana appears in this undated mugshot obtained from the Merseyside Police/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236677907-1bea.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a bleeding woman lying on the pavement, leaning against the car,’ Marcin told the Sun. ‘We stopped, backed up and she started screaming. ‘She started saying that there was someone inside and killing children.’.
Although three children – Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, died during the attack, other children – and adults survived thanks in part to Marcin and Joel’s interventions. He added: ‘Everyone was screaming.’.
‘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,’ he added.
