And of course the impact goes much further than the families of the 96 people who lost

their lives.

I'm related to the paramedic on the scene who treated the Hicks sisters on the pitch. Of course, in the late 80s there was no such thing as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, so it was just put down to "bad nerves" when in the face of crumbling family relationships, he packed up his job, and all the rest of his life in Sheffield and went to live on a remote Scottish island.

He is absolutely dreading the upcoming inquest appearance he's going to have to make, partly because of the way he'll have to relive events he's tried so hard to put behind him, partly because of the way he was manipulated into having his original statement amended (it won't look good), but mainly because of the overbearing guilt he still carries. He blames himself, specifically, for the deaths of the Hicks sisters, and more broadly for the deaths of everyone, given that he was the man on scene, and couldn't actually save anyone.

How mad is that? A scouser paramedic, who blames himself for deaths at Hillsborough.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on April 15th 2014 at 06:46:06

Message Thread

Hillsborough (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 00:43:52
- Great post. That's kind of what I was thinking about (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Apr 15, 14:02:43
- OK, I'm going to be a bit controversial. Not defending the police (Other Football) - dennis moore, Apr 15, 08:56:48
  - pretty sure Hillsborough didn't have a safety certificate at the time either, so Wednesday (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 15, 10:28:18
    - Correct. Horrendously so in both cases. (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 10:30:52
  - How can you say that it has something to do with how the situation was handled (Other Football) - nathan1986, Apr 15, 09:09:46
  - I don't think that's controversial at all. Broadly speaking, it's fair enough (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 09:04:07
    - There were also a few who still serve/are still around South Yorks police, (Other Football) - I Am Hoot, Apr 15, 11:11:37
    - ^^This^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Apr 15, 09:13:42
- I was living in Sheffield at the time. (Other Football) - avenging canary, Apr 15, 08:18:44
  - And oh look. You've just done it too. Go and read the documentation for heavens sake (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 08:23:21
    - You make the assumption I haven't read the report. (n/m) (Other Football) - avenging canary, Apr 15, 08:56:53
      - How can you make a statement about "covering up with another cover up" (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 09:05:34
    - PS. You are right on one thing though. It wasn't just the police (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 08:28:03
- Nice One BF (Other Football) - Martin Peters, Apr 15, 07:48:43
  - At the memorial service last year, Bill Kenwright said (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 07:56:10
- And of course the impact goes much further than the families of the 96 people who lost (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 15, 06:46:06
  - Poor guy, not sure how i'd cope with all that. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Apr 15, 08:30:43
  - makes you think, (Other Football) - I Am Hoot, Apr 15, 07:06:45
    - He's far from alone. (Other Football) - avenging canary, Apr 15, 09:09:36
      - Peter Jones, there to commentate for the BBC? Died less than a year later (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 09:17:00
  - Poor guy. Great, thought-provoking post AB (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 07:02:50
- Thank you (Other Football) - norway, Apr 15, 06:23:57
- Nicely articulated. Thanks for restoring the faith! (n/m) (Other Football) - nathan1986, Apr 15, 02:19:11
- Another great post from the big feller (Other Football) - DJ Ginga, Apr 15, 01:44:32
- *25 years ago today, of course (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Apr 15, 00:47:29

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