Grenfell ninth anniversary 'particularly difficult'

Grenfell 9th anniversary 'particularly difficult'29 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSUPPLIEDCarayol lost his cousin Mary Mendy (right) and her daughter Khadija Saye in the fireA man who lost his niece and his cousin in the Grenfell fire nine years ago has said the slow dismantling of the tower added to the distress.Damel Carayol, a founder of grassroots campaign group Humanity for Grenfell, spoke to BBC London ahead of a memorial event on Sunday, the ninth anniversary of the tragedy in which 72 people died.He said: "Something about this year kind of tipped a lot of people over to feeling the stress, the strain, the exhaustion of fighting year after year … when there's nothing going on it can drain you, and quite a few people are feeling that way."He added: "We will carry on until justice is served."Damel Carayol marked the ninth anniversary of the fire on SundayCarayol's cousin Mary Mendy and her daughter, Khadija Saye died in the fire on 14 June 2017.He said he was campaigning for justice for the victims, "not just for us and the people who lost their lives, but also people living in the cladded flats who still need the cladding removed - we're doing it for everybody".Carayol said the memorial service on Sunday was "special"."We will be lighting candles, 72 candles, with all the lives that we lost, their names on it."We'll be reading out the names, we'll be singing hymns, Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art, and myself and the choir, the Humanity for Grenfell Gospel Choir."We'll be singing that, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Where Was the Water, and One Love as well to close the service."The victims of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fireCarayol said the Humanity for Grenfell group "came together to try and see what we can do to try and resolve this horrible situation that we find ourselves in".He added: "This ninth year has been particularly difficu...