People are moved by this homeless man's story of helping the Manchester victims
In the words of the UK Prime Minister Theresa May, we experienced the worst of humanity as a bomber caused devastation at an Ariana Grande concert on Monday night. But we also saw the best.
Case in point Stephen Jones -- a homeless man who was near the scene of the Manchester Arena blast.
In an interview with ITV News, he describes rushing to help injured people after hearing a huge bang, which he initially thought was fireworks.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
"Just because I'm homeless, it doesn't mean I haven't got a heart and I'm not human still," the man said.
"It's just instinct to go and help if someone needed your help, and it was children, it was a lot of children with a lot of blood on them screaming and crying."
He also described how he had to hold a woman's legs up. "We just held her legs up because we thought she was just going to bleed right out," he said."It had to be done, you had to help – if I didn't help I wouldn't be able to live with myself."
Many people sang the praises of the man on Twitter and suggested helping him to find accommodation:
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
A JustGiving campaign was set up and surpassed £29,500:
David Sullivan, the West Ham football club co-chairman, and his son then managed to track Jones down and offered him a reward:
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
