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| RESCUERS
SAVE GAS BLAST MAN |
Estate rocked as explosion rips
through flat
HEROIC neighbours dragged a burning man from his Archway flat
after a massive gas explosion on Tuesday night.
Daniel Jacobson, 42, suffered 90 per cent burns in the blast in
Girdlestone Walk.
Neighbours said the explosion blew windows 30 feet into gardens.
Father-of-three Chris Dennehy, 41, said: “We were at the top
of the road and the explosion shook the pavement.
“I ran down and saw flames pouring out and a few of the lads
inside trying to drag out the bloke. We got him out, he was quite
a big bloke. He was smouldering, in shock and couldn’t speak.
We hosed him down using water and a fire extinguisher.”
British Gas said there were no gas appliances in the house, only
gas central heating. Sources told the Tribune that investigators
were looking at the possibility that a gas pipe had been pulled
off the wall in a possible suicide attempt. |
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| Tributes
to tragic Daniel, 18 |
A MOTHER has spoken of the moment
she saw her 18-year-old son dive to his death from a ninth-floor
window.
Daniel Kennedy committed suicide from Michael Cliffe House, on the
Finsbury Estate, on Sunday afternoon. His parents paid tribute to
their popular ‘Jack-the-lad’ son.
He had been suffering from years of depression, brought on by the
life-threatening illness of his mother, Diane.
Mrs Kennedy, 40, said: “I just saw him turn, take a run and
dive out of his brother’s bedroom window. We all ran downstairs
as fast as we could but he was just lying there on the car park.”
Daniel’s father John, 42, cradled his son to stop him from
moving until the paramedic arrived. He said: “He was just groaning.
You just can’t imagine the kind of pain he must have been in.” |
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