Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A mother who suffered devastating injuries in the Manchester Arena bombing told the public inquiry into the atrocity she had been prepared to die with her sister after the pair had been seriously hurt in the blast.
Janet Senior said she prayed for help after hearing the 'bang crack' of the explosion and mentally prepared to die as she held the hand of her sister Josie Howarth.
The survivors described the 'organised chaos' of the emergency service response and how it took more than three hours for them to arrive at hospital.
Janet and sister Josie, from west Yorkshire, had taken their two teenage nieces to the concert in May 2017 - the tickets were Christmas
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