THE first paramedic on the scene in 1993 visited Bridge Street to pay his respects during the minute’s silence and said he can still remember the events that day vividly.

Dave Chadwick, who worked for North West Ambulance Service for eight years, said: "I haven't attended other events but it was time for me to show my respects today and hopefully this will help me move on.

"We were on the scene within a minute and then had to wait for a crew frum Runcorn so you can imagine how long it took.

"It feels like almost yesterday and I can visualise where everybody was lying.”

The Bridge Street bombing followed a traumatic period for Dave who also treated PC Mark Toker after he had been shot by men believed to be involved with the gas works bombing and a man in a seperate incident who had shot his partner and stabbed himself in the chest.

He added: “The ambulance service were looking out for us and took a group of us to the Grand National for a day out.

“Unfortunately it was the one year it didn’t run because of the bomb scare.”