Twenty years ago today, 24,000 Liverpool fans travelled to a football match. 96 never returned.Its happened during the semi-final clash with Nottingham forest at Hillsborough It was worst sporting disaster as well as memories of Liverpool Football Club's darkest day. Every year on 15 April there will be ceremony.Everyone will be gathering at Anfield,the city observed a two-minute silence, public transport stopped and the bells of both Anglican and Catholic cathedrals peeled out across Merseyside.Liverpool fc and fans is fighting for justice has never been stronger.
No one really know what was going on but now the truth reveal by a photography,who brother,21 years old, also one of the victim died at Hillsboroug.In 1993,it was his final year of degree in photography and started to investigate and reveal the truth.The, he got the chance to met the survivors and bereaved of the disaster.
After i read his article, its left me realise the enormity of the injustice.
The survivors,spectator,lost their love ones;
1.Chris Mann,survivor
who survived because somebody went under a barrier.he was pushed up against it with no way of lifting himself over. As he was pushing himself up,he looked round and realised that he was pushing someone else down. When he wanted to stop, but he knew that if he did so , he would go down with him. So he didn't stop pushing the man, and the man went down, and he still don't know if he killed the man.
2.Desi Fox, Lost his 21-year-old son, Steve
they weren't able to get through to the stadium or to the police in Sheffield at any time of day or night. The only information they received was from Tommy who was at the match. She still remember being interviewed by the police at home some days after the disaster. The detectives were asking her if Steve or his mates drunk very much that day.then,she threw them out the house. Following the inquest and inquiry into Hillsborough not one person or organisation was blamed for the tragedy.She asked'How can 96 people die and nobody be at fault?'
3.Bernie and Rose Robinson, Lost their 17-year-old son, Steven
.'The police failed in their 'duty of care',on the day. The inquest was a sham; presided over by a little dictator, who had obviously been 'told' how it should be conducted. Total bias against the families; clear the police at all cost; it's just the same as accidental death' - he said. 'Does he make up the law as he goes along? To all those who tried to blame our child and the other 95 victims of this tragedy, we say to you, one day you will know the truth'.
4.Les and Dolores Steele, Lost their 15-year-old son, Philip
'The most infuriating thing is the way the lies about the disaster were reported worldwide, and although we do whatever we can in our own little way, we know it is practically impossible to undo the damage that has been done to the reputation of Liverpool and its people. What a sad reflection on those responsible that not one person has admitted to neglect and lack of care of our loved ones who suffered so much at their hands'.
5.Eddie Spearritt, Survivor who lost his 14-year-old son, Adam
'There was a policeman on the track. He must have been five or six feet away from me, and I was screaming and begging him to open the perimeter gate. You can scream your head off when you’re screaming for your son’s life. I was really screaming, but he didn't open the gate. I was right at the front and I'm screaming that Adam had fainted, I think at one stage I even said he was dying, but he didn't open the gate. I woke up in hospital on Sunday evening to find that Adam had died'.
6.John and Teresa Glover, Lost their 20-year-old son, Ian
'We'll never get over Hillsborough. It's unbelievable, but some people still blame the supporters for the disaster, when in fact they were the heroes of the day. We want to get over Hillsborough, but we can't even consider that an option until the truth is realised'.
7.Joan Tootle, Lost her 21-year-old son, Peter
'The thing I'll never get over is the morning after the disaster when I went to identify Peter. I was faced with his body behind a sheet of glass. I couldn't hold him, or touch him - nothing. They said he was 'the Coroner’s property now'. They wouldn't let me hold my son one last time, that broke my heart'.
Twenty years on from the events of April 15th 1989 and a CD of a Kop song, 'Fields of Anfield Road' has release and to produced raise of awareness nationally for the continuing denial of justice for victims of the disaster, draws a packed house at a city centre venue.Television crews from all the major terrestrial and satellite news channels were there to send these images round the globe. Two weeks later the song enters the national pop charts at number 16.
Tens of thousands of supporters at anfield are chanting one word 'Justice' and sporting 'Justice For the 96' and 'Don't Buy The Sun' stickers; stickers and not only in almost every pub in Liverpool but also on lampposts in Lanzarote, lavatory walls in Edinburgh and in the back of a New York yellow cab.
The recent launch of a superb website, Hillsborough Football Disaster, Context & Consequences, at www.hfdinfo.com has provided an invaluable resource for everyone engaged in countering the misinformation 'out there'. This misinformation, these myths, cause heartache and offence to survivors and the bereaved as well as hampering the campaign for justice. Nicola McMillan and Jim Sharman have spent the last two years building a dignified and detailed resource to counter these myths - this website is the fruit of those labours. These are the facts; this is 'The Truth'. Available 24x7 for anyone - and everyone - in the world to examine.
The refusal of The Sun and Mackenzie to publicly acknowledge their heinous actions of 20 years ago is at the root of the boycott (The Star also published the story, but immediately retracted the claims when it became apparent they were lies). The Sun claims to have apologised - and they did issue an apology of sorts, hidden away inside the paper in an editorial some years back - but I'm with Kenny Dalglish on this one. In his 1996 autobiography Dalglish describes an encounter with the newspaper:
"The Sun's editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, 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."
The Sun - and especially Kelvin Mackenzie - will be vilified in this city, and by those who follow the football club, until this is rectified.
Justice for the 96. Justice for all.
This is one of the reason why Liverpool fc requested to UEFA not to play on this day(a day before 15-should be play on 15 april).It was very emotional day in the game between liverpool fc and chelsea.Gerrard's cousin is also one of the victim.That time his cousin only 10 years ,is the youngest who lost its life.
RIP to all 98 fans. and hope
the words in red colour is from(references) http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N163964090414-2356.htm
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