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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mirror
This Morning star emotional as Grenfell survivor describes losing unborn baby
This Morning presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard were left emotional as they spoke to Grenfell Tower survivor Marcio Gomes on Wednesday's show. Marcio, a survivor of the devastating 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that claimed the lives of 72 people, including 18 children, shared his heart-wrenching story with the presenters of This Morning. During the emotional conversation, Marcio, who resided on the 21st floor, recounted the tragic loss of his unborn child. His wife was seven months pregnant at the time of the fire, and he poignantly recalled the moment at the hospital when medical staff broke the news: "At the hospital, they came to me and said-sorry." As Marcio paused to collect himself, Cat was visibly moved to tears. Tragically, his wife was in an induced coma and they were faced with a devastating decision, resulting in the stillbirth of their baby. Ben offered words of condolence, saying: "It's heartbreaking to hear what you've been through, you and all of those other families." Reflecting on the fateful day, Marcio told the ITV presenters that he was awoken by a neighbour in the early hours, alerting him to the fire. Cat asked when he realised the gravity of the situation, and Marcio admitted it wasn't until an hour after discovering the blaze, reports Wales Online. He explained: "When I really understood how bad it was, we've had fires in the tower before; it's not generally a problem, it's contained. Of course, that night, it was very different." Marcio recalled the initial moments after opening the door to his neighbour, with the lights still on and being reassured by the 999 operators. He added: "When I first opened the door to my neighbour, the lights were on; I couldn't really see much going on, phones 999, and it was, 'stay put, you're safe there'. Which was fine, and that was the advice we went with." During an intense interview on This Morning, Marcio described the harrowing moment he realised escape was imperative: "It was awful, it was something I'd never experienced before." Viewers of the daytime TV show were informed that Marcio had desperately contacted the fire brigade four times, initially being reassured that assistance was coming, before it became clear they needed to flee. In a terrifying recount, Marcio revealed: "As I looked into our bedroom, the fire came through our window. It set the curtains, the Moses basket, and basically my room alight. "I only had time to close the door, at that point I said, 'We've got to go, it's now or never'. We couldn't stay in the flat anymore." The gripping tale took another turn as Cat explained how Marcio was separated from his children in the thick smoke as they made their way down. However, they were miraculously reunited outside and ushered into an ambulance for safety. This Morning is available to watch on ITVX. Grenfell: Uncovered is available to watch on Netflix from June 20.
Wales Online
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
This Morning host fights tears as Grenfell survivor speaks on losing unborn baby
This Morning host fights tears as Grenfell survivor speaks on losing unborn baby On Wednesday's instalment of This Morning, hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley spoke to Grenfell Tower survivor Marcio Gomes. Marcio is a survivor of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which tragically killed 72 people, including 18 children. During their chat with Marcio, who lived on the 21st floor of the building, he detailed the heartbreaking death of his unborn baby. His wife had been seven months pregnant at the time of the fire, he told Cat and Ben: "At the hospital, they came to me and said-sorry." Marcio took a moment to compose himself, and Cat was shown holding back tears while he spoke. This is a breaking showbiz story and is being constantly updated. Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest news, pictures and videos. Article continues below You can also get email updates on the day's biggest stories straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletters.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Dad who lost unborn baby & ‘climbed over bones' to escape Grenfell slams cladding firm as ‘smoking gun' emails uncovered
AS the survivors of the Grenfell tower fire walked silently through London on Saturday, the desire for justice for the 72 dead had not dimmed. When a Advertisement 10 Grenfell survivor Marcio Gomes speaks out in a new Netflix documentary Credit: netflix 10 Hero dad Marcio battled the blaze to save his pregnant wife and two daughters Credit: Enterprise News and Pictures 10 Police man a security cordon as a huge fire engulfs the Grenfell Tower early on June 14, 2017 Credit: AFP 10 Firefighters extinguish the last of the horrific blaze that claimed 72 lives Credit: AFP or licensors Eight years on from the fire, which Grenfell inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick called 'avoidable', no one has been charged with a criminal offence. Who knew what about the risk of installing flammable cladding on the 1970s 24-storey concrete block in Even now secrets are emerging. The makers of new Netflix documentary Advertisement READ MORE IN GRENFELL The internal emails are reported to reveal that Diana Perreiah, a top executive at US manufacturing firm Arconic, was aware that its highly flammable cladding should not be put on tall buildings and that it had been sold for use on the west London tower. Eddie Daffarn, a survivor of the Grenfell Tower fire, told The search for truth was important for the film's director Olaide Sadiq because her friend Khadija Saye was killed on the 20th floor of the tower. They were both 24 at the time of the blaze on June 14, 2017 and had met on a scheme to support creative talents from less well off backgrounds. Advertisement Most read in Film Exclusive Exclusive Olaide, who grew up in a 18-storey council estate tower in south London, tells The Sun: 'Khadijah was very, very bright, very, very sweet, very, very driven and she was someone who was really breaking down barriers in her field. 'I think she's an example of a lot of the lives that were lost and a lot of people had very promising careers ahead of them, promising paths ahead of them that they never got to fulfil.' Grenfell survivor relives the trauma of fleeing the fire Khadijah, whose mum Mary Mendy, 54, also died in the uncontrollable blaze, had her art work exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Italy just prior to her death. But Olaide insists the documentary 'isn't about me' and instead her film focuses on other residents of the tower. Advertisement Baby tragedy Grenfell Uncovered, which streams from Friday, hears from Marcio Gomes, whose son Logan was stillborn after wife Andreia was put in a coma, having been overcome by smoke. Marcio had wrapped his family in wet towels to help them make their way down the stairwell from the 21st floor, having been told to 'stay put' by the Fire Brigade even when the fire was spreading up the building. Having escaped out with his wife and daughter Megan, he went back for his other daughter, Luana, who had collapsed on the stairwell in the toxic smoke. They couldn't see anything and Luana recalls: 'I just remember stepping on so many bones. My dad is more behind me. He sounded like he was in front of me. Advertisement 'I didn't hear him speak or say anything back to me. All that I can't remember, because apparently I had collapsed.' 10 The Grenfell Silent Walk around West Kensington on Saturday Credit: Alamy 10 Firefighters from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) form a guard of honour under the Westway flyover at the march Credit: Alamy Speaking ahead of the documentary's release, Marcio said: "Ultimately, I'm hoping that people understand that this was no accident. This was very much avoidable, and these companies had a huge role to play in what happened. Advertisement 'And I think people, especially in Britain – but this is a global thing, it's not just in the UK – need to start shouting about these companies, need to hold them to account. 'Because these companies have a duty of care but they've ignored it completely. 'And I'm hoping that this documentary is a turning point that will then bring prosecutions and justice to the families.' He added of the firms: "Avoid their products, get the message out there. These companies need to feel some pain and that's not even close to what we've gone through." Advertisement 'I'm dying, I'm dying here' 10 Omar Alhaj Ali was rescued but his brother Mohammad didn't make it out Credit: netflix The film also hears the testimony of Omar Alhaj Ali, 33, who was rescued by firefighters from the 14th floor only to discover his brother Mohammad had been left behind. He rang his brother to see what had happened. Omar says: 'My brother is screaming. The last conversation we had was like, 'I'm dying, I'm dying here, that's it.' ' Advertisement A desperate Mohammad, 23, attempted to escape the flame by climbing down sheets that he had tied together, but the civil engineering student fell to his death. 10 10 Chris Batchelor emotionally recalls his attempts to rescue a mum who died in the fire Firemen who fought their way up the deadly block to find survivors give similarly emotional accounts of the evening. Advertisement Chris Batchelor is clearly upset as he recalls how he spoke to Zainab Deen, 32, on the 14th floor, telling her: 'We are coming to get you.' But the firefighter was told by his superiors that it was impossible to get back up the building. Zainab told him her two-year-old son Jeremiah had died from the smoke and 'I want to be with him.' Chris says: 'I am still telling her we are coming to get you. I thought I heard her scream.' Advertisement 'The emails were shocking' It is for the 72 victims that the quest for answers goes on. Olaide has followed the Grenfell case since seeing the inferno on the news and learning that Khadija had been trapped inside. She spent 18 months working on the documentary, speaking to relatives, survivors, experts and poring through documents. Several different firms were involved in the refurbishment of Grenfell, which was completed in May 2016. Advertisement The Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) used to clad the building had a highly flammable material called polyethylene sandwiched between sheets of aluminium. Olaide and her team wanted to dig further into what the French-based firm Arconic Architectural Products knew about the risks of their product Reynobond PE. Arconic Architectural Products is a subsidiary of the US firm Arconic, so the Netflix team employed lawyers to argue that seeing everything was in the public interest. Olaide says: 'When you start looking into the cladding, you start to uncover an email here or a warning there. The emails were shocking.' Advertisement In his summing up, retired judge Sir Martin said that Arconic had "deliberately concealed from the market the true extent of the danger of using" Reynobond PE on a tower like Grenfell. But Arconic, which has paid compensation to bereaved relatives, insists there was no wrongdoing on their behalf. The company has said they "did not conceal information from or mislead any certification body, customer, or the public" and did not sell an "unsafe product.' Sir Martin said there was no one cause of the disaster. Advertisement 10 All of the tragic 72 victims of Grenfell Credit: PA 'Stay put' order Grenfell Uncovered also looks at the failing of the London Fire Brigade, which stuck to its 'stay put' policy for too long on the fateful night. Residents were told to stay in their flats, because it was assumed the blaze could not spread so quickly from flat to flat. It also shows how David Cameron's Conservative government failed to bring in tighter housing safety regulations, despite being advised to after a similar fire at Lakanal House in Camberwell, south London in 2009. Advertisement Labour has promised to implement the 58 recommendations from Sir Martin's inquiry. But the 'stay put' policy remains in place for most high rise buildings and thousands of flats in Britain are still covered in unsafe cladding. Eddie Daffarn, 62, a resident who warned there would be a 'serious fire' at Grenfell six months before the disaster, ends the film saying: 'So much time has passed but so little has changed.' Many survivors now want a jury to decide if anyone committed a criminal offence. Advertisement At the moment the Metropolitan police is still investigating. Olaide concludes: 'There's definitely a very palpable upset and rawness that still exists in the community. 'People are definitely still angry, people are definitely still seeking justice and accountability for what they went through and what their loved ones went through.' The final death toll Fathia Ahmed Elsanousi, Abufras Ibrahim and Isra Ibrahim (floor 23) Mohammed Amied Neda (floor 23) Hesham Rahman (floor 23) Rania Ibrahim and her two children Fethia Hassan, four, and three-year-old Hania Hassan (floor 23) Marco Gottardi (floor 23) Gloria Trevisan (floor 23) Raymond 'Moses' Bernard (floor 23) Eslah and Mariem Elgwahry (floor 22) Anthony Disson (floor 22) Choucair family (floor 22) Nadia Choucair, 33, her husband Bassem Choukair, 40, their three children Mierna, 13, Fatima, 11, and Zainab, three, died along with their grandmother Sirria Choucair, 60. The Kedir family (floor 22) Hashim Kedir, 44, died with his wife Nura Jemal, 35, daughter Firdaws Hashim, 12, and sons Yahya Hashim, 13, and Yaqub Hashim, six. The El-Wahabi family (floor 21) Father Abdulaziz, 52, wife Faouzia, 41, and children Yasin, 20, Nur Huda, 16, and Mehdi, eight, all died. Ligaya Moore (floor 21) Jessica Urbano Ramirez (floor 20) The Belkadi family (floor 20) Farah Hamdan, 31, her husband Omar Belkadi, 32, and children Malak Belkadi, eight, and six-month-old Leena Belkadi, all died. Mary Mendy (floor 20) Khadija Saye (floor 20) Victoria King and Alexandra Atala (floor 20) Tuccu-Ahmedin family (floor 19) Mohamednur Tuccu, 44, his wife Amal Ahmedin, 35, and their three-year-old daughter Amaya Tuccu-Ahmedin, all died. Amna Mahmud Idris, 27, was visiting her cousin Ms Ahmedin at the time of the fire and also died. Marjorie Vital and Ernie Vital (floor 19) Debbie Lamprell (floor 19) Gary Maunders (floor 19) Berkti Haftom and Biruk Haftom (floor 18) Hamid Kani (floor 18) Isaac Paulos (floor 18) Sakina Afrasehabi (floor 18) Fatemeh Afrasiabi (visiting her sister on 18th floor) Vincent Chiejina (floor 17) Khadija Khalloufi (floor 17) Miah-Begum family (floor 17) Kamru Miah, 79, Rabeya Begum, 64, Mohammed Hamid, 28, Mohammed Hanif, 26 and Husna Begum, 22. Joseph Daniels (floor 16) Sheila (floor 16) Steve Power (floor 15) Zainab Deen and Jeremiah Deen (floor 14) Mohammad al-Haj Ali (floor 14) Denis Murphy (floor 14) Ali Yawar Jafari (floor 11) Abdeslam Sebbar (floor 11) Logan Gomes (floor 21) Maria del Pilar Burton (floor 19) A spokesperson for Arconic Architectural Products said: "We have not seen the Netflix documentary 'Grenfell: Uncovered' and cannot comment in detail on it. Advertisement "So soon after the solemn anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, our thoughts remain with all those affected, their families and friends. "Foremost we continue to remember the 72 people who lost their lives. AAP, along with others, has made financial contributions to settlements for those impacted, and we support all efforts to strengthen regulatory oversight in the construction industry."
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
‘This is our home': Local woman says her husband was among 1,100+ arrested in FL immigration sweep
1,100 suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested in the Sunshine State over the past week as part of Operation Tidal Wave, the State of Florida and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency announced Thursday. Officials described it as one of the largest joint immigration enforcement efforts involving local, state and federal law enforcement in the nation's history. 'We have a Mexican national taken into custody whose history includes kidnapping and we also have Columbian nationals who were convicted of murder,' said ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan. While officials focused on the 378 people arrested with alleged criminal histories, the vast majority of those caught up in the operation don't necessarily fit that bill. Jacksonville resident Nicole, who asked only to use her first name, told Action News Jax her husband, Marcio, who is a Brazilian national, was one of them. Read: Councilman claims the City of Jacksonville may have created an illegal gun registry Nicole, who is a US citizen, said her husband was arrested by ICE agents on his way to work last Thursday. It was just two weeks after the birth of their first child. 'I just started crying and I felt in that moment that the world, it was ending for me,' said Nicole. Nicole told Action News Jax Marcio entered the country in 2005. The couple met while taking English classes at UNF and married in 2016. Action News Jax was able to confirm Marcio has no criminal history, just a 2018 traffic violation. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Nicole said her husband has owned and operated a local granite business for years. 'And he regrets to this day the way that he entered this country. That's why we have been fighting and trying so hard, trying to get a legal status for him,' said Nicole. Marcio's attorney told Action News Jax, while he did have an outstanding removal order, the couple has been working for the last few years to obtain a waiver that would allow Marcio to go back to Brazil and return to the US legally with a green card. Read: 'JFRD was not prepared': Battalion Chief breaks silence on Blount Island cargo ship fire injuries Nicole said her husband is currently being held in a detention center in Texas, as the couple attempts to get a stay of removal. If that fails, Nicole said she'll have to move to Brazil, as they wait for their waiver to be approved and allow them to return home to Jacksonville. 'But that is not something that I want to do right now, because this is our home. This country is what we call home and here is where we want to stay,' said Nicole. And based on comments made by officials Thursday, we can expect to see more large-scale immigration sweeps, with the Executive Director of Florida's State Board of Immigration Enforcement saying this morning Operation Tidal Wave was a 'warmup.' [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
