London fire GMB viewers overwhelmed elderly man rescued trapped for HOURS
The ITV breakfast programme showed footage of the man, named as L P Bonifacio, desperately waving what looked like a white cloth and calling for help yesterday as they covered the devastating event. He could also be seen periodically on his phone, presumably in touch with the emergency services.
When Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan informed anxious viewers that Bonifacio had disappeared and had been absent for a number of minutes, people waited ever since for news on his fate.
Many woke up this morning to the presenters revealing that Bonifacio had been rescued shortly after midday, as a picture depicting him being carried off by a number of firefighters had surfaced.
However, as Bonifacio, in his 70s, was trapped in his flat for a staggering 12 hours after the fire began, he is understood to still be seriously ill in hospital.