Disabled pupil left in burning school by fire service speaks out on ‘petrifying’ ordeal

Disabled pupil left in burning school by fire service speaks out on 'petrifying' ordealGood Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00In November, I remember I was ready to go down to dinner and then I heard all the commotion,

00:11fire, fire, fire, and then I actually saw the teacher press the fire alarm.

00:21Wow. So, because I'm here from fire, fire.

00:27Fire, like drills. Drills, yeah.

00:35I had to be left without a TA because the fire emergency services have set to my school

00:47because there's too many wheelchair users, you had to leave them in the building

00:55and then we would come and evacuate them. Wow.

01:00So you don't blame the school because they were doing what the official advice was,

01:04but for you, you were there and you actually started to smell smoke, didn't you?

01:10Yes. What did that feel like?

01:12I was petrified because I know with my disability, my immune system is really poor.

01:22So, if I get smoke in my lungs, you know what will happen.