I can't get my head around the bravery of the fire brigade officers and other rescue teams who dare to work inside the burnt out Grenfell Tower.
It's not just the sheer horror of what they'll discover within, to me it's the fear of collapse of the structure itself.
Hats off to them all.
I watched them trying to get into the tower, using shields to protect themselves from falling burning debris, they are unbelievably brave, it did bring back past memories.
I think I have mentioned before, that my father was a fireman, in 1960 he was involved in the Cheapside fire disaster in Glasgow, the building they were attending was a whiskey bond in an old part of the city with very narrow streets, they managed to get engines in, but were very close to the building, unfortunately the building blew up, killing 19 firemen, my father survived, simply because he was on day shift, and was not called in until after the explosion.
I have copies of the official photos taken afterwards, the first one is the engine my father would have been on, the second you can just make out the chassis of another.
