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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Man reached 'darkest place' surviving on 'drink and rage' years after Hillsborough

A man crushed against the barriers at Hillsborough said chants about the disaster make him "physically and mentally sick".

Christopher Whittle was in Pen 4 of the Leppings Lane End for Liverpool FC 's FA match v Nottingham Forest when disaster struck. The 61-year-old from Burnley told the ECHO how he remembers how the entrance into the ground was "absolutely chocker".

Christopher said he was crushed against the wall and barriers before being knocked to the floor. The granddad said he believes he was temporarily unconscious before being pulled to safety.

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