A partially blind man, who is believed to be an elderly man, has been rescued by firefighters from the Grenfell Tower inferno after a terrifying 12-hour wait.
The blind man, who has been identified by relatives, is believed to have lived in the tower for more than 30 years.
Praying by his window on the 11th floor of the burning Grenfell Tower as he patiently waits to his rescuers to come, the old man did what he could to call the attention of the rescuers.
Good Morning Britain filmed him as he waved a jumper as a makeshift SOS flag and cried out for help from his 11th-floor flat.
Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, the programme's presenters, said they felt "helpless" as they watched him wave the flag and gravely feared for his life.
However, he has been pictured being rescued by the firefighters several hours later after 12 hours of being trapped inside the burning building.
Reid said in a statement: "He in his 70s, he's partially blind. He has lived in the Grenfell Tower for 30 years." She also added, "Now we have seen him over the course of the last hour or so in contact with firefighters."
He was rescued shortly after midday.
At least six people have been confirmed dead in the huge fire that pierced through the west London tower block, but the police are expecting a rise in the death count once all the tenants are accounted for.
Up to 600 people are believed to have been inside Grenfell Tower's 120 flats when the blaze tore through the 24-storey building in the early hours of Wednesday.
Twenty people are in critical care after 74 injured people were immediately taken to the hospital. Many are still missing after residents were left stuck on the upper floors and told to stay in their units as flames rapidly ripped up the block.
