Piers Morgan recalls ‘awful morning’ on Good Morning Britain when he passed burning Grenfell Tower on his way to work
PIERS Morgan has said his “worst morning” on Good Morning Britain was when he passed the burning Grenfell Tower block on his way to work three years ago. A total of 72 people lost their lives after the cladding on the West London building caught fire, while 74 others went to hospital. Piers, 55, said […]
PIERS Morgan has said his “worst morning” on Good Morning Britain was when he passed the burning Grenfell Tower block on his way to work three years ago.
A total of 72 people lost their lives after the cladding on the West London building caught fire, while 74 others went to hospital.
Piers, 55, said he took a photo of the horrifying blaze in the skies above London as he travelled to the GMB studio from his home in Kensington that morning in 2017.
He told viewers today: “You know I remember three years ago yesterday coming out of my house and I remember this huge plume of smoke billowing.
“I said to my driver, ‘what is that?’ And he said ‘that’s Grenfell Tower, it’s a massive fire, a tower block. One of the big towers a mile away and there was a massive fire.’
“By the time I got to work here it was up in flames. It was one of the worst mornings here on the show.
“It was an awful, awful morning.”
The fire was believed to have started on the fourth floor, before it quickly spread to the whole building.
But the blaze was not brought under control until 1.14am on Thursday, June 15, some 24 hours after it started.
The Sun on Sunday since revealed those affected by the blaze have been offered compensation as low as £10,000 — while not one arrest has been made.
Adele has paid tribute to Grenfell Tower victims and survivors on the third anniversary of the disaster.
The singer, 32, made a video message for campaigners Grenfell United in which she hailed their “persistence for answers”.
It the message, broadcast on YouTube, she said: “Hello, it’s Adele here. I want to send all my love to you today and let you know I’m thinking of you as I always do.
“I think this year more than ever there has never been a more appropriate time for us to truly exercise camaraderie and compassion and open-mindedness and persistence. Persistence for answers. And persistence for action.”
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Grenfell United spokesman Karim Mussihly, 34, whose 57-year-old uncle Hesham Rahman died in the tragedy, said: “Three years on we are still here having to fight for justice.
“If this happened in a wealthier part of the borough, would people be in jail?”
Almost seven in ten of those who escaped the tower block blaze have needed care for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
