The shadow of Grenfell Tower still looms large for those whose loved ones died and for those who survived, an ever present reminder of the tragedy that unfolded here. I remember like it was yesterday. I don’t think that will ever be etched out of my. My head. Marcio Gomez lived with his wife and two daughters on the 21st floor of the tower. His son was the youngest victim of Grenfell. On the night of the fire, Marcia woke at 1:30 in the morning. I can see the smoke starting to seep through. Um, I think at that stage, it’s probably when. When I realistically realised that there’s something seriously wrong. His wife, Andrea, was seven months pregnant, and his two other daughters, 10 and 12 at the time, were in the flat with him. Also there, his neighbour and her daughter. Fire had wrapped around three sides of the building, but they couldn’t see any flames and couldn’t imagine the scale of what was unfolding around them. He did make several 9 9 9 calls. I had to explain on numerous occasions about my wife being seven months pregnant, um, being asthmatic, my daughter being asthmatic, and that I had three kids. Just pretty much, you know, stay put. I was pretty much expecting a big loud bang at the door with the firefighters waiting, waiting for us and us getting escorted out kind of thing. Um, but that never happened. By the time he called the fourth Time, flames and thick black smoke were inside the flat. And it became clear help wasn’t coming. You’ve just got to go. Stay with me on the phone, okay? Hold hands and go. Fine. Right, let’s go, girls. We have to go. We have to go! Go! While the building burned, Marcio let his wife, two daughters and two neighbors down what must have seemed like an endless flight of stairs from near the top of the tower right down to the bottom, in a desperate attempt to save all of their lives. I opened the door and it was just a gush of smoke. Just come straight into. Into the flat. How would you describe that smoke? It was stinging your eyes. Um, it was making you gag. You can see your hands, uh, in front of your face. It was pitch black. I end up stepping on. On a body. Um. That was the first time I realised there might be people on the stairwell. Come on, come on, come on. Don’t give up. You can come on. Don’t give up. Come on! What the fuck? Again? Jesus. They shut you down? I’m the worst of my life. They all made it out alive. Just when you came out and you saw that building, what. What did you think? It’s a huge shock. And I remember looking up and looking exactly at my flat, um, where we’d been there half an hour before. Um. And it was engulfed. In flames. I remember looking at it thinking we would never survive being there. His son Logan was one of the seventytwo who lost their lives in the fire. He was stillborn while his wife lay in a coma. Every year that passes is. Is difficult. And you can’t help but think, you know, he would have been 7, he would have been 8, and so on. Um, yeah. Every year he’s. He’s growing with me. Do you believe that his death was avoidable? Without a doubt. Um. His death was avoidable. This wasn’t. This wasn’t just an accident. There was different companies, different organizations knew what they were doing. Putting profit ahead of people’s safety’s. I wanna see people behind bars. And that’s not gonna bring my son back. But it’s just a step forward to what justice may look like. He wants change too. To ensure no one else suffers like he has. And to make his son proud, said Alcarria. ITV News.