A mother begged first aiders not to let her daughter die as she lay on the floor of the Manchester Arena foyer, while a father implored his unconscious child to start breathing, a public inquiry has heard. The desperation of distraught parents trying to save their children was laid bare on Monday, as the inquiry into the 2017 atrocity explores whether any of the 22 victims could have survived had they been given better care. Just three paramedics were deployed to assist the casualties, the inquiry has already heard. Sorrell Leczkowski, a 14-year-old from Leeds, was six metres away from Salman Abedi when he detonated a suicide bomb after the Ariana Grande concert. An aspiring architect who loved crafts and baking, she had not attended the show, but had gone to pick up her sister and a friend. The inquiry heard how Sorrell waited in the City Room foyer with her mother, Samantha, and aunt, Pauline Healey, singing and dancing and making them all laugh. The bomb exploded at 22.31 and CCTV footage showed Sorrell lying on the ground. Philip Clegg, a travel safe officer, later told investigators that she “looked peaceful, as if she was asleep”. A succession of first aiders and police officers performed CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her, and also used a defibrillator, but she remained unresponsive. At 22.57 Marianne Gibson, a first aider for the Arena’s medical services provider Emergency Training UK (ETUK), told Samantha: “She’s gone, I’m afraid.” Samantha pleaded with her “don’t let Sorrell die” and so revival attempts continued for another 1o minutes, when a hi-vis jacket was draped over her to indicate she had died. On Monday the inquiry also heard from parents of two other teenage girls killed in the attack. Michael Hurley rushed to the City Room to find his daughter Megan, 15, unresponsive on the floor, alongside her brother, Bradley, who was conscious but seriously injured and unable to move. “Come on Megan, love,” Hurley said, as officers gave emergency first aid. Megan’s eyes were closed and she was clearly injured and though there was no damage to her face, she was not moving and was unresponsive. Also killed in the attack was Eilidh MacLeod, 15. The inquiry heard how she enjoyed a day shopping at the Trafford Centre with her friend, Laura, and mother, Marion, before going to the Arena. She Facetimed her mum after taking her seat, showing her the merchandise she had bought. “She was loving life,” Marion told the inquiry in a statement. “I told her to sing her heart out and dance the night away and told her I would be back to collect her.” Marion was waiting outside the Arena when the bomb went off. “That’s when our whole world was torn apart,” she said. Clegg’s body-worn camera showed Eilidh unresponsive on the floor, four metres away from Abedi. Postmortems on Sorrell, Megan and Eilidh later found they all suffered injuries which were “unsurvivable” even with advanced medical treatment. Sorrell’s aunt, Pauline Healey, suffered serious injuries but survived, as did Bradley Hurley. Sir John Saunders, chairman of the inquiry, paid tribute to each girl. “It’s ironic that so many of the victims of this evil attack were especially full of life and so talented too,” he said. Eilidh played the bagpipes and Sorrell had her heart set on studying architecture at Columbia University in New York. After her death, Columbia gave her an honorary membership of the university. “It is so sad that it was posthumous membership,” said Saunders. He told Megan’s parents it was clear their daughter was a “lovely person”. “Everyone here understands why her father was so reluctant to let her go.”