made me cry…..

[verreauxi]

I hadn't ever heard of it, and just now read the wikipedia page...what an absolutely horrifying tragedy. Very sad.

 

[peteblue]

I hadn't ever heard of it, and just now read the wikipedia page...what an absolutely horrifying tragedy. Very sad.

It’s impossible to understand the emotion from a wiki page. Those of us who saw the terrible news footage were forever affected, those who were actually there and who clawed with their fingernails to extricate dead children have died with those images burnt into their brains. My future wife’s mining town, with its own tips, never really mentioned it, mining communities tend to try to move on and keep their silence. I’ve never forgotten it, never will, yet I was just a tv observer all those years ago. It was an event that shouldn’t have happened and thankfully will probably never happen again …..

 

[orly]

It’s impossible to understand the emotion from a wiki page. Those of us who saw the terrible news footage were forever affected, those who were actually there and who clawed with their fingernails to extricate dead children have died with those images burnt into their brains. My future wife’s mining town, with its own tips, never really mentioned it, mining communities tend to try to move on and keep their silence. I’ve never forgotten it, never will, yet I was just a tv observer all those years ago. It was an event that shouldn’t have happened and thankfully will probably never happen again …..

Agree - even for those of us who weren't born when it happened it's one of those major society moments. On a totally different scale of course but I always think the same about the Potters Bar crash, anytime you see the name on a sign or whatever you remember it. Or Dumblane which actually does bear closer comparison.

 

[verreauxi]

It’s impossible to understand the emotion from a wiki page. Those of us who saw the terrible news footage were forever affected, those who were actually there and who clawed with their fingernails to extricate dead children have died with those images burnt into their brains. My future wife’s mining town, with its own tips, never really mentioned it, mining communities tend to try to move on and keep their silence. I’ve never forgotten it, never will, yet I was just a tv observer all those years ago. It was an event that shouldn’t have happened and thankfully will probably never happen again …..

I'm certain that reading about it doesn't substitute for the experience of living through it--I certainly agree on that and I wasn't trying to suggest otherwise. Reading all the responses, your post brought a renewed attention and honorable rememberance to those who perished.

 

[peteblue]

I'm certain that reading about it doesn't substitute for the experience of living through it--I certainly agree on that and I wasn't trying to suggest otherwise. Reading all the responses, your post brought a renewed attention and honorable rememberance to those who perished.

I’m really pleased you took the time and interest to read about it tbh.…..