82 Rashida Ali, Hoang Khanh Quang, and Sid Ali Atmani
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast
BBC
4.8 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The inquiry heard from three witnesses today. They all escaped the tower within forty-five minutes of the first 999 call being made.
Rashida Ali left her flat on the 15th floor with her daughter. Her husband Sid Ali Atmani was unwell and chose to stay in bed when his family left. He told the Inquiry how he made the decision to leave the flat when he realised the severity of the fire.
Hoang Khanh Quang lived on the 10th floor. She was woken up by the sound of the fire alarm to find flames at her kitchen window.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Eddie Mayer, and this is the Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast, reporting every day the inquiry sits. |
| 0:11.6 | The inquiry heard from three witnesses today. |
| 0:14.5 | They all escaped the tower within 45 minutes of the first 999 call being made. |
| 0:20.1 | Rashida Ali lived with her husband, Sid Ali, at Mani, and their daughter in flat 125 on the 15th floor. |
| 0:27.1 | Rashida gave evidence today to counsel to the inquiry, Shanti Savaku Maran. |
| 0:32.3 | Rashida suffered from shortness of breath and had difficulty walking. |
| 0:36.0 | Before the night of the fire, she'd used the stairs in the |
| 0:38.5 | building only once. Rashida Ali said that before the fire in June 2017, her view was that she |
| 0:45.3 | should always leave the tower in the event of a fire. She said there were things about the building |
| 0:50.3 | that made her feel unsafe, and she was frightened at the prospect of a fire breaking |
| 0:54.9 | out. The thought of a fire was something that specifically worried you and it was a nightmare |
| 0:58.9 | scenario for you. Was there any reason why, before the fire that took place in Grenville Tower, |
| 1:04.5 | you were particularly worried about there being a fire? |
| 1:08.5 | When I moved to the building, soon I moved, I attend the meetings, and I saw how all the |
| 1:14.6 | resident was worried about many issues happening in the building, and they didn't feel safe. |
| 1:21.6 | And that feeling just started from the beginning, and I start to feel it. |
| 1:26.6 | And secondly, when they put the boiler next to the front door, feeling just start from the beginning and I start to feel it and secondly |
| 1:27.7 | when they put the boiler |
| 1:29.6 | next to the front door |
| 1:31.3 | that was the other things was really |
| 1:33.7 | worrying me |
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