LONDON—Manchester’s mayor said Friday the city’s firefighters do not need to apologize for the delayed response to the suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena. Read more: Manchester terrorist attack report finds confusion kept firefighters awayArticle Continued Below‘Hero’ in Manchester Arena bombing pleads guilty to stealing from victims Review says Manchester Arena attack might have been prevented That damning conclusion led to a number of expressions of remorse from chastened fire officials who felt they had let people down at the height of the crisis. He said it had been “hard” to read of the pain firefighters were expressing. “No front line firefighter in Greater Manchester has to apologize for anything. He said the failure was one of “process, leadership and culture” that cannot be blamed on front line firefighters.

Source: thestar March 30, 2018 15:22 UTC