Susanna Reid struggled to hold back her tears as she heard MP Tobias Ellwood describe how he felt he failed PC Keith Palmer.
The MP was first on the scene to help the officer, who was stabbed in the Westminster terror attack in March 2017, and sadly died from his injuries.
Following the officer’s inquest, Tobias spoke to Good Morning Britain’s Susanna and Ben Shephard about how devastated he was that Keith did not make it, saying it was "extremely difficult" to hand over the rescue attempt to the paramedics.
Susanna, as she tried to hold back tears, asked: "You had to be told to step away because you would not let go of the possibility of rescuing him. That moment, must have been incredibly difficult?"
Tobias replied, as he himself became emotional: "It was, it was extremely difficult, It went very quiet after that… other attacks had happened so they [the paramedics] left and a few of us were left with PC Keith Palmer.
"We felt we’d failed and again another message is there is training, anyone we can all do it. I would hate for anyone to be in a position to say, ‘Why didn’t I know a bit more about first aid?’"
Tobias had a strong message for people, saying he felt we have become too "risk averse" and generally are not willing to intervene when we are the real "first responders."
He continued: "I know it’s controversial but there will always be good people who will step forward… they will want to get involved and challenge what is going on.
"We’ve become too risk averse… we’re giving space for antisocial behaviour to take place if it goes unchallenged and for violence to take place… who are the first responders? It’s not the police we call them that but it’s the public.
"We do need to stand up and challenge this, whether it’s on a train if something is out of the ordinary, we need on mass to stand. Culturally we stand up to this and deny anyone the chance… and say, ‘You will not win or change our way of life.’"
Susanna seemed very emotional as she spoke with him about the events, clearly moved by his testimony.
This comes after Keith’s inquest, after which his wife has spoken out about the ways in which
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.
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