For the first time in 50 years, survivors of the Ursa Major catastrophe came together to remember what was lost and create a “new heritage” for the future.
On May 30, 1972 and May 30, 1972, five children, a popular vehicle that upset the Battersea amusement park, died.
No one has been sentenced to death.
Survivors, families of crash victims and local politicians gathered in Battersea Park yesterday to pay tribute to Allison Conford, Thomas Harmer, Shirley Nash, Deborah Robertson and David Sight.
I also remember Arun Tucker who recently died in an accident after sustaining a serious head injury.
Victoria Conford, who died in an accident with Ellison, said she couldn’t understand how her parents handled the loss of their daughter.
“Until now, the only vivid memory of the day that happened was when the local police entered my parents’ store.
“They took him to St. Stephens Hospital in London, saying there was a terrible accident at Bassers.”
“I remember and I speak, no matter how rude,” Ellison helped heal, he said in a speech.
David, the brother of Christine Nicholas, was also killed in the Ursa Major accident.
He gave up his kiss on the cheek before heading to the Battersea fun fair with enthusiasm.
“He went out with his best friend and he didn’t go home,” Christine told the crowd.
“I miss the man he was and the man he should be.”
The cherry blossom trees that bloom each May are planted in front of a new board to honor the dead.
Hopefully, a larger and more permanent monument will one day follow.
Also in attendance yesterday was writer Bob Pred, who worked as a radio journalist at the BBC in London in 1972.
He recalled being called in to report on the disaster and having difficulty setting up the signal for broadcast.
Since then, he has written a book on Battersea Park, exploring the story of the Big Dipper’s journey and the years after the crash.
“It’s very difficult for everyone to come together like this,” he said.
“And everyone is calm and orderly. It’s great that everyone here knows each other.”
The question remains why 13 people boarded the ship, later called “The Death Trap.”
The Big Dipper was the third hand when it came to the Battersea Fan Fair, having been built many years ago.
A total of 66 defects were discovered during the voyage, but no one was found guilty of dying before May 30, 1972.
He no longer blames survivor Hillary Winter.
Instead, he sees yesterday’s ceremony as a “positive step” toward the next chapter in the Big Dipper legacy.
At the age of 13, I was hospitalized for a month after the accident, rehabilitated for three months, and learned to walk again.
He told me: I don’t know if it makes sense, not now.
“We look forward to further memorial plans and spiritual support for children experiencing similar problems.
Crash survivors worked to improve the support provided to children experiencing traumatic events.
Hillary also described it not only as the horror she felt when she returned to Butter’s Park, but also as a flashback to memories that had previously told her to “move on”.
He said: “I was nervous when I started to open up old wounds.
“It was a tough moment, but the common result of today is that we are very happy with the affection between all of us and the desire to do something in the future.
“At that time everyone told us to support and continue.
“If such an event had occurred five or ten years after the accident, everything would have been different.
Hillary helped bring families from around the world to yesterday’s ceremony.
The live broadcast also allowed Australian relatives of Shirley Nash, who died at the age of eight, to view the event.
Yesterday, relatives and survivors explained that the event was a long-awaited closure due to the event they were asked to forget.
Janet Hall was 14 years old when the Ursa Major catastrophe occurred. Like many others, she was told that her trauma had receded.
He told me, “I remember the police started asking some questions about how much I weighed, but that was it. I’ve never been to court.”
“We just had to keep going.
“I hadn’t heard anything until I found out what Hillary and Lizzie were up to a few months ago.”
In yesterday’s speech, her compatriot Liz Hague Reeves praised her “beautiful and talented” friend Alison Conford in her speech.
He also reiterated the need for better mental health support for children who have experienced trauma.
He states: “Fifty years later, after doing something, I realized that helping children with trauma was even more restricted than it was in 1972.
“I can’t go on with that.”
Many accident survivors suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety.
After the incident, most people did not receive mental health support. Those who were not injured were expected to simply go home and move.
Battersea lawmaker Marsha de Cordova promised to work with survivors to change the way young people are treated after injury.
He said yesterday afternoon that the victims “went forward in a really appropriate way” and showed how to create “new chapters and a new heritage” for the lost.
Mrs. Decordova tells us: “Through the monument I can remember the five children who died in the park.
“But we also want to show that trauma services and children’s mental health services are the right resources to deal with trauma, so that young people don’t have to go without support.
“Because that’s how people were here and it should never happen again.”
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