Hillsborough Voices

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On15April1989,theworldwitnessedoneoftheworstfootballdisastersinhistoryoccurattheHillsboroughStadiuminSheffield.96peoplewerecrushedtodeathandanother766injuredinatragedythatwaslateradmittedtohavebeenexacerbatedbypolicefailures.HillsboroughVoicesdoesjusticetothememoryofallthosewhodiedandforallthoseleftbehind.Fromthetragiceventsofthedaytowhatunfoldedinthehours,daysandeventuallyyearsthatfollowed,thebookwillinterweavethevoicesofthosewhoweretherewiththefamiliesandfriendsofthosewhodied,andallthosewhohaveplayedkeyrolesinthelongsearchforthetruth.
Theauthor,KevinSampson,hasalonghistorywithHillsborough.Notonlywashethereasafantowitnessthehorrorfirst-hand,healsohelpedorganisetheHillsboroughbenefitconcertatAnfieldandhascloseconnectionswiththejusticecampaign.Hehasconductedexhaustiveandexclusiveinterviewsbothwithpeoplewhohavebecomefamiliarpublicfiguresandthosewhowillbetellingtheirheart-rendingpersonalstoriesforthefirsttime-tobringusthefullstory.
ThebookwillbefullyendorsedandpromotedbytheHillsboroughJusticeCampaignandwillcarrytheofficialHJClogo.