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A student with 'a heart as big as the moon' died in hospital after an 'unacceptable delay' in getting her out of the blast zone at Manchester Arena following the terrorist bomb attack, the public inquiry into the atrocity heard.
Much-loved Georgina Callander's injuries, however, were classed as 'unsurvivable' by experts.
Pathologists said the severity of a head injury she suffered meant even with resuscitation, she could not have survived.
Counsel on behalf of Georgina's family thanked all those who helped her, treated her, comforted her and fought to save her life.
The 18-year-old, who had just been accepted onto a university course to study paediatrics, was carried out of the City Room foyer area, where the bomb detonated, by police officers who used an advertising board from a merchandise stand as a makeshift stretcher.
That was at 11.26pm, just under an hour after the detonation.
The first paramedic to enter the blast zone, Patrick Ennis, accepted under questioning on Wednesday it was an 'unacceptable delay'.
Pete Weatherby QC, for Georgina's father, Simon Callander, said Mr Ennis, one of only three paramedics to enter the City Room on the night, was first called over to Georgina 35 minutes after the explosion.
Giving evidence, Mr Ennis said he recalled Georgina was 'severely injured' and 'unconscious'.
She had an abnormal respiratory rate and 'clear injuries', he added.
Her head injury, Mr Ennis said, was 'severe' and the inquiry was told she was classed as a 'priority one' casualty.
"My recollection is that I wanted to prioritise moving her out of the City Room," Mr Ennis said. "That was my overwhelming desire."
Georgina was, Mr Ennis said, potentially the 'highest priority' of priority one.
He said he told police officers moving casualties that Georgina should be next - but the inquiry heard others were moved before her.
Mr Weatherby said that by the time Georgina was taken from the City Room, 55 minutes had passed.
And by the time she got to a 'casualty clearing station' at Manchester Victoria railway station below the City Room, where she was first treated by paramedics, he said it was 'a few seconds shy' of 58 minutes after the detonation.
Mr Weatherby asked: "Given the fact that she was your highest priority, that was an unacceptable delay, wasn't it?"
Mr Ennis said: "I would agree.
"Ideally she would have reached the casualty clearing station much sooner than that. That was my intention. I am sorry that didn't happen."
Mr Weatherby said police officers were the 'do-ers' who rushed in there and 'did their level best'.
There's no criticism of them at all, he added.
Mr Ennis said: "I reiterated at each stage to those who were moving patients, and those that were in the vicinity of her, that she should be the highest priority."
The inquiry was told Georgina was carried down to the concourse on the station as her mother, Lesley Callander, watched.
Mrs Callander urged paramedics 'not to give up on Georgina' as they worked on her there, the inquiry was told.
She spent 13 minutes in the casualty clearing station before being taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary by ambulance at 11.39pm - an hour and eight minutes after the blast.
Georgina, from Tarleton in Lancashire, was sadly pronounced dead at 12.05am on May 23, 2017 - one of 22 lives lost.
Off-duty nurse Beth Crook - who was at the Ariana Grande concert with her 13-year-old daughter - gave assistance to Georgina and helped other casualties in the City Room.
She remained in the casualty clearing station until the early hours.
In a moving statement, Ms Crook, who was also critical of the actions of some members of the press in the aftermath of the atrocity, said she felt 'helpless, lost and alone' as she waited with other first responders in the City Room for help to come.
She said: "All I had before me were my two bare hands, no equipment, some skills, my faith and hope that somewhere there were people trying to get to us to help. But this wasn't the case. No one was coming.
"And what may have been seconds to you all felt like minutes for me. What were minutes felt like hours and what were hours felt like an eternity alone with people and children's lives literally in my bare hands.
"To those injured and those who have lost - I see you all and I will never forget you.
"Despite the most horrific of situations and their surroundings, those who could be were surrounded with love and as much safety and care as possible by those with them. They were not alone.
"I just want Georgina's family to know and anybody else who I helped that day - I am very sorry for what happened to her.
"But, despite the cause of their death and despite how that may have happened, everyone that was with them tried their hardest to make sure they were safe and secure and protected and loved in that moment."
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