ESPN 30 For 30: Hillsborough

kaoss128 · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:15 pm Post subject: ESPN 30 For 30: Hillsborough

May have been their best work ever. It starts off slow but once it gets going it just leaves you speechless. Unbelievable documentary. It's a must watch.

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this is off topic, but did the Bad Boys episode air yet?
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kaoss128 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:33 am Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter · Retired Number Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 31763

I only managed to catch part of it, but it looked brilliant. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. The police officer who gets a man to the hospital, but then finds out that the man has literally died in his arms. The mother who waits at the bus station, hoping that her son will get off one of the buses so she can hug him. The father who drives to Sheffield and has to just sit in the stands, waiting for news.

kaoss128 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:37 am Post subject:

marga86 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 3442

this basically changed football around the world as we know it.

It was a real eye opener. I frequent manchester united forums and liverpool forums.. its amazing how much this impacted the UK.. Especially the emotional attachment football fans have (compared to other sports)... you think about how that could be you. dang.

Aeneas Hunter · Retired Number Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 31763

I look forward to the opportunity to watch the whole thing. The 15 minutes or so that I saw was riveting.

kaoss128 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject:

Wilt · LG Contributor Joined: 29 Dec 2002 Posts: 13725

I DVRed it and look forward to watching it.

Last week, they had a minute of silence before the Liverpool-Man City game with a large banner saying "96." One of the most moving things I've ever seen at a sports event.
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LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47580

What a tragedy, just heartbreaking. The documentary was very well done but honestly I think I would have rather not seen it.

To think that young children were caught in that is just surreal, and these types of crowd crushes had happened before and since even at concerts.

Hopefully crowd control has improved enough now that those types of things will never happen again, that was a very hard documentary to watch.
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Aeneas Hunter · Retired Number Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 31763

I just finished watching it all the way through. It was a powerful work. I'm not sold on the notion that the police supervisors should have been prosecuted for the disaster itself. But the editing of the witness statements is shocking. I had heard that the statements had been edited, but I didn't realize how comprehensive and extensive it had been.

And yes, I agree with Lanny that the scenes of the crush itself were hard to watch. I will never complain about crowd control at a major public event again. I had read about Hillsborough at length in the past, but until you see the actual TV images, you don't fully appreciate it. I never truly realized that all of the controls for entering and leaving arenas and outdoor events were so vital, or that the absence of those sorts of controls could lead to something so horrible.

ElliotTheFan · Star Player Joined: 11 Jun 2009 Posts: 2474

I too just finished watching it, that was powerful and oh so sad.

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KobeDunk · Retired Number Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 26849

i watched parts of it, I need to catch the whole thing.