The first part of Hillsborough survivors Damian Kavanagh, Richie Greaves and Peter Carney talking after the collapse of the final trial.
For too many years too many people impacted by Hillsborough have had to be silent to allow the legal proceedings to run their course.
Damian, Richie and Peter, like many others, were there on the day of April 15, 1989, and they reflect on that day and the 32 years since.
This part focuses more specifically on what it has been like to live with what happened that day and in the aftermath, and how that has taken its toll on each of them.
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Gentlemen, Mr Kavanagh, Mr Carney and Mr Greaves, I salute you and thank you. Horrific experience yet thankfully you are with us to tell the truth. You are and always will be in my prayers as will all who have suffered at Hillsborough . The raw emotion still shows thru and no wonder.
Some people have sports figures as their heroes, other people have actors, playwrights etc. My heroes are the ones who have fought for justice in regards to Hillsborough for all those years. They could have quite easily given up. They didn’t. Respect of the highest order from me.
Mike Nicholson’s book is a very good read . The YouTube videos he did are great as well. Definitely worth a watch.