petethetim
Member
KINGS CROSS 20 YEARS ON
I would just like to post this as a tribute to the 31 people who lost their lives on The evening of Wed November 18th 1987.
I have particular reasons for recalling the events of that evening myself because I watched the news unfold while siting at My Mums death bed having been summoned to the hospital here in Belfast I watched it on a television in the Hospitals refreshment room were I'd nip to for a coffee & a breather & it was the first time I recall something being covered through out the night ( ITV had just went 24 Hour about a year before that) I recall going back up to the room at about 6 am on the 19th & Breakfast time had just started on BBC 1 & the death toll had risen dramatically till over 20 ( in the early hours they had being saying the 6 -10 people were feared dead )
I did not get a chance to hear anymore of the news as my mum took a turn for the worse & in fact died at 9:03am on the 19th , but when I finally got a chance to sit down that day & eves drop on yet another back ground TV broadcast I was horrified to see that they here saying at least 30 people & possibly up-wards of 50 could have lost their lives ..
Twenty years on we now Know the Death Toll was 31 & over 60 people were injured & maimed I would just like to pay tribute to them & send my sincereness condolences to their family & friends ,as in my own special way I too remember the next 24 Hours for my own special loss
R.I.P.The Kings Cross 31
R.I.P. Mum x o x
I would just like to post this as a tribute to the 31 people who lost their lives on The evening of Wed November 18th 1987.
I have particular reasons for recalling the events of that evening myself because I watched the news unfold while siting at My Mums death bed having been summoned to the hospital here in Belfast I watched it on a television in the Hospitals refreshment room were I'd nip to for a coffee & a breather & it was the first time I recall something being covered through out the night ( ITV had just went 24 Hour about a year before that) I recall going back up to the room at about 6 am on the 19th & Breakfast time had just started on BBC 1 & the death toll had risen dramatically till over 20 ( in the early hours they had being saying the 6 -10 people were feared dead )
I did not get a chance to hear anymore of the news as my mum took a turn for the worse & in fact died at 9:03am on the 19th , but when I finally got a chance to sit down that day & eves drop on yet another back ground TV broadcast I was horrified to see that they here saying at least 30 people & possibly up-wards of 50 could have lost their lives ..
Twenty years on we now Know the Death Toll was 31 & over 60 people were injured & maimed I would just like to pay tribute to them & send my sincereness condolences to their family & friends ,as in my own special way I too remember the next 24 Hours for my own special loss
R.I.P.The Kings Cross 31
R.I.P. Mum x o x
Here's a news report from the time:
