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Horrific indeed. Almost as horrific as the fact no one's ever been held accountable for it.
Posted: 16:37 Apr 15 2004
Hillsborough - 15 Years Ago Today
Well that 15 years went by really quick.
I remember watching it on the TV and was horrified. The photos in the newspaper the next day were horrific. Thinking about the families that lost their loved ones.
I remember watching it on the TV and was horrified. The photos in the newspaper the next day were horrific. Thinking about the families that lost their loved ones.
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Posted: 16:37 Apr 15 2004 
It does seem less than 15 years.
The inquiry that followed the disaster lead to a systematic and cultural change in attitudes to crowd safety which mean that the same thing could not happen again now. That was a far more pragmatic and effective step forward than any witch hunt would have been.
I think the disaster can in hindsight be seen as a consequence of a particular culture that had been allowed to develop around the staging and crowd control of football games. To hold one person or small group of people responsible for that would not have been in any way productive.
by Byron
Horrific indeed. Almost as horrific as the fact no one's ever been held accountable for it.
The inquiry that followed the disaster lead to a systematic and cultural change in attitudes to crowd safety which mean that the same thing could not happen again now. That was a far more pragmatic and effective step forward than any witch hunt would have been.
Posted: 20:26 Apr 15 2004 
Living in the Sheffield area I remember it clearly I remember all the ambulances heading towards Hillsborough it was a sad day for all involved.
Posted: 21:01 Apr 15 2004 
Lizzie- 96 liverpool fans were crushed to death at Hillsborough. erm basicly too many people were admitted to the leppings lane end and there started to be a crush, to apparently 'allieviate' the pressure the exit gates were opened which meant there was uncontrolled access to leppings lane, more people were let in, the crush got so severe that 96 fans were killed. Instead of now where you can literally step over onto the pitch they were fenced in so they quite literally had no way to escape. theres a proper history on here (hillsborough justice campaigns website) -> www.contrast.org/hillsborough/home.shtm
*if the intro comes up on the history section i'd skip it, there are some upsetting photos.
Being a Liverpool fan it really hits home every year, my dad was there with my uncle. Not a time he likes to think about, he goes to the memorial service every year, talking about it any time makes me cry AND ive been out drinking so I'm going to go to bed now before i start bawling!...ok too late
Id also like to point out that fiteen years on and no-one reads the sun in mine or my parents presence and its the same with all the Liverpool fans i know. To me part of the justice would be to make those sun reporters watch the footage of 96 people young and old being crushed to death, peoples friends and family, people they saw week in week out at the match, the other supporters making make shift stretchers out of the advertising hoardings, let them meet the families and the people still affected today and then lets see if they can still claim their 'stories' were true. Same for every Everton fan who booed the minutes silence a year or two ago....I really am going to bed now, thinking back just makes me angry and upset. I still break down at the thought of it today so i can't even imagine what the relatives and friends of those 96 go through but i know my thoughts are with them.
(Edited by Eve 16/04/2004 03:52)
*if the intro comes up on the history section i'd skip it, there are some upsetting photos.
Being a Liverpool fan it really hits home every year, my dad was there with my uncle. Not a time he likes to think about, he goes to the memorial service every year, talking about it any time makes me cry AND ive been out drinking so I'm going to go to bed now before i start bawling!...ok too late
Id also like to point out that fiteen years on and no-one reads the sun in mine or my parents presence and its the same with all the Liverpool fans i know. To me part of the justice would be to make those sun reporters watch the footage of 96 people young and old being crushed to death, peoples friends and family, people they saw week in week out at the match, the other supporters making make shift stretchers out of the advertising hoardings, let them meet the families and the people still affected today and then lets see if they can still claim their 'stories' were true. Same for every Everton fan who booed the minutes silence a year or two ago....I really am going to bed now, thinking back just makes me angry and upset. I still break down at the thought of it today so i can't even imagine what the relatives and friends of those 96 go through but i know my thoughts are with them.
(Edited by Eve 16/04/2004 03:52)
Posted: 03:46 Apr 16 2004
Extract from Kenny Dalglish's autobiography :-
When the Sun came out with the story about Liverpool fans being drunk and unruly, underneath a headline 'The Truth,' the reaction on Merseyside was one of complete outrage. Newsagents stopped stocking the Sun. People wouldn't mention its name. They were burning copies of it. Anyone representing the Sun was abused. Sun reporters and photographers would lie, telling people they worked for the Liverpool Post and Echo. There was a lot of harassment of them because of what had been written. The Star had gone a bit strong as well but they apologised the next day. They knew the story had no foundation. Kelvin MacKenzie, the Sun's editor, even called me up.
"How can we correct the situation?" he said.
"You know that big headline – 'The Truth'," I replied. "All you have to do is put 'We lied' in the same size. Then you might be all right."
Mackenzie said: "I cannot do that."
"Well," I replied, "I cannot help you then."
That was it. I put the phone down. Merseysiders were outraged by the Sun. A great many still are.
Posted: 03:48 Apr 16 2004 