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, Apr 15, 06:46:06