The youtube link below shows the scene at the stadium after the collapse, fast forward to the 7 minute mark for the time of the collapse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SdGtCWrvlo
The collapse happened in a section of the stadium that was considered to be standing room only after people that did not actually have tickets to the game ended up in the stadium. The stadium then became overcrowded and could not support the amount of people inside. What I don't understand is why these people were let in knowing the stadium was at capacity. After it happened police immediately put the blame on the victims and the people in that section as being hooligans and causing a ruckus that the section of the stadium could not hold. It is the logical theory here but police actually filed people without tickets into the stadium into that section to keep it from being overcrowded outside the stadium. It's a blatant act of negligence and misconduct by the police in this situation and the blame should be thrown on them, it is just sad that 20 plus years after altered police statements bad mouthing the fans and getting the blame taken off them that this is finally coming out.
Don't worry it gets worse. Some say that many of those who died didn't receive police or medical attention when it happened. After it happened police just shoved people into sectioned off areas that were already full to get people off the field. The death total was 96 and prosecutions from the families of the victims today. The front page below paints a perfect image of what's going on here, the part that stands out to me is "23 years later" .. it really is sickening that the corrupt side of this took 23 years to get any sort of media coverage.
See the link below for the story and watch the ESPN 30 for 30 film entitled "Soccer Stories" for more details.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/soccer/new-inquests-begin-into-deaths-of-96-liverpool-fans-in-1989-hillsborough-stadium-disaster-253190041.html?device=mobile
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