A mother who lost her teenage son in the Hillsborough disaster 20 years ago has told Real Radio of her anger after finally seeing the place where he died along with 95 other fans.
Anne Williams had never been inside the stadium where her 15 year-old son Kevin lost his life in 1989.
Producers from Real Radio persuaded her to take, what turned out to be an emotional trip, to Sheffield as part of a documentary to be broadcast this evening.
"What were all those coppers doing that day? What were they doing? The stadium looks so much smaller than it does on the TV,” said Williams.
Anne Williams
“When they cordoned all those ambulances off, they only had to look up to see what was going on. How could they ignore where Kevin was laid and all those other people? I just can't relate. I just can't."
The tragedy unfolded during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Thousands of supporters were let into the Leppings Lane end when an exit gate was opened to relieve crowd pressure outside the stadium, just before kick off.
The ensuing crush injured hundreds and claimed the lives of 96 people.
"I will never fully know what happened to Kevin in that pen. I know he's fallen down - but I don't fully know what happened. He must have been so frightened - frightened to death. All of them. Even the survivors. They weren't human the coppers, they couldn't have been human to have watched them.
"I've just counted the seats in that section. There are 420 in what was pen three. How many thousands were led into that pen, and pen four? You can't imagine two thousand people in this little area. It must have been unbelievable. Unbelievable.”
The programme, The Return to Hillsborough is being broadcast this evening at 7pm and features accounts from survivors, emergency service personnel and bereaved families. It will run across all Real Radio stations - that includes the newly rebranded Century FM in the North West.
The GMG production is edited, produced and presented by Christian Spooner alongside reporters Sean Woods, Sean Allen-Moy, Alison Spooner and Daryl Jackson.
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