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DAILY EXPRESS Tuesday April 18 1989 THE HORROR OF HILLSBOROUGH YOUNG Hillsborough victim — deeply uncon- s c io u s a fte r ^ a lm o s t b ein g cru sh ed to death — opened his eyes and spoke yesterday in an astonishing meeting with Kenny Dalglish. Luckett,20, was on a v?1i-, or *n intensive care at Sheffield’s Royal Hallam- shire Hospital as Liverpool manager Dalglish and members of his team visited the disaster victims. T he young fan’s anxious par- 5 ? i b y h is bedside praying th a t th e ir critically-ill son w ould by som e m iracle p u ll through. And a m iracle w as ju s t how am azed doctors described what happened the next m om ent as Dalglish stood over Sean’s bed. A doctor, never expecting to get a response, said: “H ere’s Kenny to see you. ®“ dd®,nly Sean’s eyes flickered open and in the first words he had spoken since Saturday’s tragedv said: Kenny Dalglish.” C o n sultan t a n a e s th e tist Dr. David Edbrook, who witnessed bean s astonishing recovery, said- It was ju st amazing. Sean iust woke up instantly. I have nJver known anything like it before.” Grateful !?lish and his team m ates were overcome w ith emotion. Or. E d b ro o k ad m itted : “I t brought tears to my eyes. Ail the ° f the Patlents were there and they were all very grateful ” His colieagu^ Dr. Paul Garfish, aia Tr. wqc . * tion recover conscious'ness^'onlv Si° Wly ~ normally it can take S r « s e& , s “ - But “ * tney C3fG, • Seari' of ciaverden, War- w ckshire, was well enough to talk n v ,= ^ nci ss £ iana and Prince pital n y visited the hos- He told them of the horrific nw m ents when he thought he was going to die in the terrible crush of Leppmg Lane. P.rinc? and Princess overshot then- schedule by m ore than hoV‘r 3S they visited the victim s who poured out their hearts to them. Ian McDermott, 22, a m anager of a stationery company, told Diana how he thought he was haith-e “ i- was squeezed from his body m the crush. ‘ was interested to know whether Ian, from Anfield, Liver- Victim wakes from a coma during visit from Dalglis Magic words lliilil r J ¥ g imms& •^ T p — meets Hillsborough victim Jam e , ,amny ho~ ^ = ~ f f r r pain,ed ^ 9ro J 'ss> 3 S z £ . W J * " " lta n couldn't im agine have been like.” A _ w m. y*S-.1S 1L3 f it . ? ” '* lmow ri7^ arles„ J ;old Patie n t Jam es as the ested^new Prince Charles h«^les was also inter- inter- Windrow: “Football Football matches seem t O H P H o n /< p A « iA 4 i M T _____ f i ‘ stadSim s^hould d a y s * ^ dangerOUS places p r e s s e d th e rreservation e s e c tio n _ H e and Diana saw „n -l HARRY COOKS. -IK E ATCHIHSON, IAN McKERRON, JAM ES COLL.NS, Q M H A M rDUDMAH,i,M,CHA1EL1I0 'FLAHEftXYr SS&SftS mfflm sj, : ftiSKW.-. tSm
as Charles and Diana com fort survivors in hospital DAILY EXPRESS Tuesday April 18 1989 5 THE HORROR OFi HILLSBOROUGH i that spark life Marshall: ‘Broken’ Named: Officer at gate of tears T H E P O L IC E c h ie f w ho o rd ered th e opening of th e floodgates of d eath w as n am ed last ■mm&m n ig h t a s S u p e rin te n d en t R oger M arshall. “There isn’t a policem an in B rita in who w ould w ant to sw ap places w ith him ,” a colleague said. It was Mr M arshall who . decided to open the 16 ft w ide co n c ertin a steel g ates a t th e L eppings Lane stand where 94 Liverpool fans died. The 46-year-old fatherof-two who has years of exp erience in so ccer crowd control, was at the edge of a seething 3,000strong throng outside the ground. H is loud-hailer appeals for calm were ignored. Rapidly The situation rapidly grew w orse, and th e police chief feared th at a wall was seconds away from collapsing on hundreds of terrified people. It was then th at he m ade the life or death decision. mmm And it is understood he had no tim e to consult by ra d io h is im m ed iate superior, Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield, 44. M r D uckenfield who h ad only ta k e n over responsibility for crowd flUaittilwiiiHiu aisbuiai tfiti'iWimA a rra n g e m e n ts th r e e Heart to heart: Princess Diana sits on the bed of patient Ian Clarke as she talks earnestly to him and his mother about Saturday’s disaster ! , weeks before, was in a co n tro l room only 50 yards away. One officer at the scene fatal blunders are exposed CITY’S SHRINE said: “It was a nightm are situation for anyone to be OF FLOWERS in. “We could hear m es A MASSIVE shrine of flowers to the sages over th e radio ‘The they w anted th e w hole less than 10 m inutes to charge of th e en tran ce victim s of Hillsborough was yester issue brought out into the explaining their actions. South Y orkshire federa- _ wall is going, the wall is defied th e ban. Part-tim e tion secretary Paul M id-' day growing steadily in Liverpool’s -going.’ open. One officer w ith 25 Twice, Press conferences employee Jack Stone said _ dup: “I am proud of the job Roman Catholic Cathedral as “W hat else could Roger years’ service said: “It has— broke up in disorder. On a p olice in sp ecto r h ad they did. Yet all my people m ourners continued to show their M arshall do? He had 15 tarnished the police force— S u n d ay n ig h t S tu a rts forced him to hand over can see from newspapers grief. police riders and 40 other in this area. Anderson, Assistant Chief his keys. and on television is th at it The cathedral becam e the centre of officers at his disposal. “Unless explanations are C onstable (M anagem ent Mr Stone said: “I gave was their fault. the city’s sadness after a vast and They had no hope of con given and the blam e put Services) storm ed out of a the keys to him and told squarely where it should packed room after reading him it was his responsibil “T hat is ju st not so and it m oving requiem m ass on Sunday. It taining the situation. lie, it will bring adverse a nine-line statem ent. ity, not mine. is grossly u n fair. T hey was the biggest congregation there “The gates had to be public reaction, ham pering day to day police work Rules “I refused to open the were faced w ith a situation since the Pope’s visit In 1982. opened — it seemed the for years to come.” And th at was only to say ' gates. I did not open th at for which no am ount of Though the m odern building can only place for people to But a t police headquar th at the W est M idlands gate. You know as well as tra in in g could p repa re hold 4,000 worshippers, an esti go.” ters at Snigg Hill in Shef force was being called in to anyone whose fault it was.” them. m ated 10,000 arrived. The m ain A nother officer said: field city centre, Press cal investigate th e crowd con Under club rules, he said, “Policemen went in there doors were left open so that those “P ro b ab ly th ey w ould have been forced down le rs were abruptly turned trol operation. p o lice w ould n o rm ally and did a very professional crowded outside could listen, and a flat by th e sheer weight away. Repeatedly, senior police only open th e gates to job.” second m ass was held on the piazza of th e crowd. We will S outh Y ork sh ire chief officers, including C hief e s c o rt fan s fro m the. next door. M r. M iddup revealed never know. Press spokesm an, Super C onstable P eter W right, ground, or in the event of th at m any of the 200 offi- A church spokesm an said: “They lis-, “Roger M arshall m ust in te n d e n t T ony P ra tt, have refused to discuss the an emergency inside. ~ cers involved in th e diaster tened In prayerful silence to the Sal be the loneliest m an in appeared harassed when decision to open the Lep- Police refused to com were now off duty suffervation Army band that played for Britain. He knows the he declared: “I have noth pings Lane gate. m en t on M r S to n e ’s ing from shock and stress. them there, before joining In the enorm ity of his decision. claims. outdoor m ass offered for their bene “There will be many ing to say. No one has any S h effield W ednesday He said: “Many of those fit at the sam e tim e as the service thousands of policem en thing to say. And th at’s officials, it was revealed M ounting criticism of involved will need profes that.” yesterday, have ordered police actions a t H illsborsional counselling. I have inside the cathedral.” in the land who feel sym In th e two days since Bri employees on duty at the ough w as d escrib ed as to persuade them to forget He stressed that nobody had been pathy for him .” tain’s w orst soccer disas game to keep silent. “grossly u n fair” by th e their m acho image and locked out and all had been able to A senior colleague said: ter, police chiefs devoted B u t th e g atem an in Police Federation. come forw ard for help.” ' take part In prayer. “Roger is still on duty but he is a broken m an.” JOHN TWOM EY, P H IL IP DERBYSHIRE, MARTIN CHARLESWORTH, MARK YOULE, ANNIE LEASIC. LOUISE ROBINSON-
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