Ariana Grande sends Christmas presents to children in Manchester Hospitals following terorist attack
Ariana Grande has continued to send Christmas gifts to children spending the festive season in Manchester hospitals.
The singer, 29, has an emotional connection to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital after the 2017 terror attack on her nearby Arena concert.
Taking to Twitter, the board of health’s social media team shared a snapshot of a huge stack of gifts, as well as a note reading “Thank you Ariana.”
Gifts: Ariana Grande, 29, has continued to send Christmas gifts to children spending the festive season in Manchester hospitals.
The attack perpetrated by 22-year-old Salman Abedi occurred on May 22, 2017 and resulted in the death of 22 victims while 139 people were injured.
The hospital captioned the snaps: ‘Thank you Ariana! We were so excited to receive Christmas gifts for young patients at all of our hospitals from Ariana Grande.’
They continued: “Gifts were distributed to babies, children and adolescents at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.”
Kind gesture: The singer, 29, started the kind gesture after the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital helped several of her fans following a terror attack at her nearby concert in 2017
After the attack, Ariana halted her tour but returned to the city just two weeks later to headline One Love’s concert in June 2017.
He made the brave decision to return for the benefit concert, which raised over £17 million, and saw the audience who attended his last show.
The concert saw a number of stars take the stage at the Old Trafford cricket ground, including Coldplay, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Justin Bieber and Robbie Williams.
Ariana Clause: On Twitter, the hospital’s social media team shared a snapshot of a huge stack of gifts, as well as a note that read “Thank you Ariana.”
Ariana’s 2017 single One More Time also soared to number one as her fans rallied to show their support following her flawless performance.
The British Red Cross has revealed that more than £2.35 million was raised during the concert held.
In November, the bombing was revealed to be ‘preventable’ and that there had been a ‘perfect storm of failures’, a former terrorist operative claimed on the eve of the publication of a damning public report on the emergency services response to the attack.
The May 2017 terror attack injured hundreds and claimed the lives of 22 people, the youngest victim being an eight-year-old girl.
A helping hand: After the attack, Ariana halted her tour, but returned to town just two weeks later to headline One Love’s concert in June 2017 (pictured)
Fundraising: He made the brave decision to return for the benefit concert, which raised over £17 million, and saw the audience turn out for his last show
It took paramedics 43 minutes to get to the scene, firefighters based just three miles away didn’t arrive until the last seriously injured victim was rushed to hospital, and police erroneously reported an incident involving a loitering weapon.
Andrea Bradbury, a retired anti-terrorism police inspector who was injured in the 2017 attack, said emergency services were “unprepared and completely caught off guard” by the bombing.
It comes as a public inquiry into the emergency services response is set to publish a highly critical report outlining a number of current failures. The times reports.
More than 150 of the bereaved victims and families are also preparing civil lawsuits ahead of today’s report.
Casualties: The terror attack in May 2017 injured hundreds and claimed the lives of 22 people, the youngest victim being an eight-year-old girl (top row from left to right) Off-duty police officer Elaine McIver, 43 , Saffie Roussos , 8, Sorrell Leczkowski, 14, Eilidh MacLeod, 14, (second row from left to right) Nell Jones, 14, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15, Megan Hurley, 15, Georgina Callander, 18, (third row from left to right), Chloe Rutherford,17, Liam Curry, 19, Courtney Boyle, 19 and Philip Tron, 32, (fourth row from left to right) John Atkinson, 28, Martyn Hett, 29, Kelly Brewster, 32, Angelika Klis , 39, (fifth row from left to right) Marcin Klis, 42, Michelle Kiss, 45, Alison Howe, 45, and Lisa Lees, 43 (fifth row from left to right) Wendy Fawell, 50, and Jane Tweddle, 51