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It was shortly after 15.30pm that the first ambulances began to make
their way onto the pitch.
He later went to the gymnasium where the space was divided into a
part set aside for the presumed dead and a part for the living. This
was about 15.55pm and the scene was "absolute chaos".
Your Memorialists would particularly draw attention to his
conclusions (6) and (7) which were as follows:
"(6) Observing from the outside it appears to have taken far too
long to decide that it was not a security problem and that
the fans genuinely needed help. Working with and
alongside the individual police officers in the immediate
disaster area, I have enormous praise and admiration for
their efforts. Overall at the scene, however, there appeared
to be a lack of coordination and genuine leadership.
"(7) For an extremely long time we were without any medical
equipment of any description. I still can’t understand why
the local Health Authority’s Major Medical Disaster Team
was not called upon. I understand that all Health
Authorities in this country have a major disaster policy. It
is impossible to accurately estimate the difference this