Michelle Kiss, 45, was waiting in Manchester Arena foyer to collect daughter on 22 May 2017 A mother killed instantly in the Manchester Arena attack became a "guardian angel" to her daughter who "amazingly" survived, an inquiry into the bombing has heard. Michelle Kiss, 45, was "just being a mum" as she waited in the foyer on the evening of 22 May 2017 to collect her youngest child after an Ariana Grande concert, her husband Tony Kiss said.