Diego_Sideburns Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 The Royal Oldham Hospital is one of those dealing with victims. Condolences expressed and assistance offered by Latics: https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2017/may/23052017-manchester-bomb/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nohairdontcare Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 My condolences to all embroiled in this - a disgusting attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Off to a gig at the Albert Hall tonight. It's just going to be so surreal. RIP to those that lost their lives. We won't let the cowards win, never have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 72 hours later and that's my wife and daughter in the middle of it. By the grace of God, pure luck. God Bless all those affected and I hope the extremist fuckwits responsible burn in hell. When will these idiots learn that freedom will never bow to fear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 2 ladies, still missing, are from Royton. Truly awful. It's impossible to know what to say Prozac, but so glad your family are safe. 1 hour ago, oafcprozac said: 72 hours later and that's my wife and daughter in the middle of it. By the grace of God, pure luck. God Bless all those affected and I hope the extremist fuckwits responsible burn in hell. When will these idiots learn that freedom will never bow to fear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 16 hours ago, oafcprozac said: 72 hours later and that's my wife and daughter in the middle of it. By the grace of God, pure luck I'm in town as well on Saturday, as it happens - and I was about an hour and a quarter away from Brussels last March. I'm seeing this all over Facebook, it's irrational considering on the evening it happened you were probably (I'm assuming you're in the OMBC area) 40 minutes away, which (if we're using time as a measure) is a lot closer than three days. **************************************************************** Great scenes in Albert Sq. last night, one thing about Manchester is it's defiance - it's ability to stick two fingers up to just about anyone who tries to damage the fabric of the city. This is the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 There's a book of condolence open at the hospital chapel if people want to pay their respects in that way. You've probably already seen the Just Giving page to raise money for those affected, in case you haven't here's the link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/westandtogethermanchester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics and England Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 3 hours ago, rummytheowl said: I'm in town as well on Saturday, as it happens - and I was about an hour and a quarter away from Brussels last March. I'm seeing this all over Facebook, it's irrational considering on the evening it happened you were probably (I'm assuming you're in the OMBC area) 40 minutes away, which (if we're using time as a measure) is a lot closer than three days. **************************************************************** Great scenes in Albert Sq. last night, one thing about Manchester is it's defiance - it's ability to stick two fingers up to just about anyone who tries to damage the fabric of the city. This is the place. It is far from irrational. It is purely contextualising what has happened. Rightly or wrongly, these things have much more impact when people can relate to them. I wasn't at the Arena on Monday night but I have been there on a large number of occasions and have often walked through the foyer where the bomb went off. That makes it much easier to picture what happened, know the kind of people who would be affected and, yes, to think "that could have been me or one of my family". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 18 hours ago, singe said: 2 ladies, still missing, are from Royton. Truly awful. It's impossible to know what to say Prozac, but so glad your family are safe. Just confirmed by BBC that Alison Howe and Lisa Lees from Oldham, who were waiting to pick up their daughters, were killed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Latics and England said: It is far from irrational. It is purely contextualising what has happened. Rightly or wrongly, these things have much more impact when people can relate to them. I wasn't at the Arena on Monday night but I have been there on a large number of occasions and have often walked through the foyer where the bomb went off. That makes it much easier to picture what happened, know the kind of people who would be affected and, yes, to think "that could have been me or one of my family". A valid point - however I see it as irrational, of course we have a connection with the atrocity, and we're trying to come to terms with it - some of us are even helping out; but to say that if it wasn't for the grace of god that at another point in time later it could have been so-and-so is overextending the link to beyond its range of elasticity. Peace and Love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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