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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

Feeky Magee · 2009-11-25 00:40:25

Iconic pictures are more effective then any story. Sometimes you see photographs that just take your breath away. The following photos; some famous, some infamous, did exactly that to me on first viewing. They will live on, as a permanent reminder of the events which caused them. Tienemen Square Protest: 9/11: Mai Lai…

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#1702 03-09-2011 10:20PM

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fulhamfanincork wrote: »

that's a fake if I ever saw one

Nope, here's an article about it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/02/911-photo-thomas-hoepker-meaning

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#1703 03-09-2011 10:26PM

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fulhamfanincork wrote: »

that's a fake if I ever saw one

apparently it's real (surprised me too)
http://friendfeed.com/winckel/88ee387f/meaning-of-9-11-most-controversial-photo

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#1704 03-09-2011 10:28PM

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fulhamfanincork wrote: »

that's a fake if I ever saw one

The colour is a bit wonky in the guardian photo, but Its real, and it's been knocking about for a few years on the net.

http://www.slate.com/id/2149675/

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#1705 03-09-2011 10:45PM

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My apologies, it does look like it was made up on photoshop or something.

It's a striking but also hideous photo in my opinion.

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#1706 04-09-2011 01:44AM

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My Lai, Viet Nam. March 16th, 1968

The image of the little girl on the left there will stay with me till the day I die.

Taken seconds before these innocent women and children were shot to pieces by American troops with automatic weapons.

Now we see self made images of them chucking puppies off cliffs and posing to give the 'Thumbs Up' with children they've just killed in Iraq.

Anyone else spot a pattern here ....?

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#1707 04-09-2011 02:04AM

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^^Can you give some context or proof please

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#1708 04-09-2011 08:17AM

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Scarlette Sticky Skit wrote: »

^^Can you give some context or proof please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre

The Boys from County Hell by the Pogues

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#1709 04-09-2011 02:05PM

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Scarlette Sticky Skit wrote: »

^^Can you give some context or proof please

Sure. For My Lai, Google is your friend. Read till ye eyes hurt. There's reams of it. All very thoroughly documented, with names and faces of the guys behind the M16's.

Puppy chuckers were probably long since ripped down from You Tube. Though, I expect it's still around on one of the 'gore' type sites.

Not sure what one might need to feed Google to get the references to it. But, it too will be there and well documented.

The idiot giving the thumbs up over the body of the young lad? Why, that was alluded to, twice, on this very thread. Also plenty about it on Google. Names named. The lot. Help yeself

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#1710 05-09-2011 12:29AM

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In response to the photo of the new yorkers 'casually' watching their city burn:

20 years ago my father died and when my sister returned to school about two weeks later two of her classmates came up to her and said:

'You must be glad your daddy died because you aren't crying'. This devastated my sister.

So if you think the people in that photo are arses, think to yourself- did you ever smile at a funeral? Did you crack a joke with a friend on the day those attacks happened?

Context is a wonderful thing, as well as being a s***ty thing to be taken out of.

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#1711 05-09-2011 02:17AM

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a photo only catches one split second, a specific moment, these people may have been staring at the smoke rising for hours before the photo was taken!

look at how they are sitting, none of them have their backs to the rising smoke, they were simply turned away at that moment.

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#1712 05-09-2011 11:36AM

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BeardyFunzo wrote: »

So if you think the people in that photo are arses, think to yourself- did you ever smile at a funeral?

That was exactly the point I was going to make; well said.

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#1713 08-09-2011 01:17PM

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I know this probably sounds horrible but I'm actually looking forward to the photo collage the atlantic has for 9/11 next week. In any case, I found this one to be brilliant. It's a series of photos trying to capture the last 7 days leading up to 9/11.

The attacks of September 11th, 2001 came as a huge surprise, shocking the world and immediately dominating the news around the world. Ten years later, the reverberations from that shock and the varying reactions to it continue to affect nearly everyone in ways large and small. While most people remember where they were on that day, it can be difficult to recall what else was happening in the days just before. I thought it would be interesting to go through the newswires and find photos of events taking place around the world during the week of September 3 to September 10, 2001. Some of the photos are directly related to the upcoming attacks, or the fallout that resulted, many have nothing at all to do with the attacks, but simply show glimpses of what was happening at that time. Gathered here is a time capsule of images taken during this week of September, one decade ago, before everything changed. This entry is part one of a three-part series on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks.

And, I think my Itunes did me a favour on this one too the soundtracks I was listening to just made it all seem that bit more well I don't know the word I'm looking for? Emotional seems wrong?

Music Playlist
Time : Hans Zimmer.
Our Final Hope : Steve Jablonsky.
Salvation for a Proud Nation : Immediate.

(The end of No Prisoners, Only Trophies [Steve Jablonsky] was playing when I first clicked on the link and um, Emergence of Empire was either playing at the end of the photos or just slightly afterwards.)

Edit : Part II and Part III are now available. Well worth a look folks not for the faint of heart though.

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#1714 09-09-2011 09:08PM

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Of all the Images I've ever seen of 911 this one of the North Tower actually made a cold tinge go down my spine.:(

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#1715 09-09-2011 09:18PM

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2sr91VYP1qz4s6ho1_500.jpg

Another 9/11 picture. Does it need context?

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#1716 10-09-2011 12:34PM

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10 years on and pictures of 9/11 still make my blood boil with anger...

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#1717 11-09-2011 10:33AM

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PK2008 wrote: »

10 years on and pictures of 9/11 still make my blood boil with anger...

An instinctive reaction, and even natural arguably, but stopping to think for moment we all should realise that violence only begets one thing - further violence.

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#1718 11-09-2011 10:35AM

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MoyVilla9 wrote: »

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr2sr91VYP1qz4s6ho1_500.jpg

Another 9/11 picture. Does it need context?

Jesus - i hadn't seen that one before - hard to believe that it's 10 years ago - 10 YEARS!!!!

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#1719 11-09-2011 02:44PM

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The first official death of 9/11 and one of the images that stands out most in my head when I think of it.

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#1720 11-09-2011 08:45PM

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^^was that the priest??

if it was there was a decent radio documentary about him on news talk yesterday.Very interesting.

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#1721 11-09-2011 10:00PM

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glenjamin wrote: »

The first official death of 9/11 and one of the images that stands out most in my head when I think of it.

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http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fr-mychal-judge-9-11.html

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I still think the best 9/11 documentary was the one by the 2 French brothers who were there as it happened. Did anyone else see it? That priest was in it.

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#1723 12-09-2011 10:36AM

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I still think the best 9/11 documentary was the one by the 2 French brothers who were there as it happened. Did anyone else see it? That priest was in it.

Yes they were doing a documentry on a new york city fire house and while on a routine call out they noticed the plane overhead and filmed the impact.it led to them filming an accidental documentry on 9/11.

the documetry makers Jules and Gedeon Naudet

IMDB

Their most famous footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys41jnL2Elk

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#1724 12-09-2011 12:40PM

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Absolutely shocking:mad:

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#1725 12-09-2011 01:19PM

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I had not seen the Hand photo before . It just brings home the pain and sorrow that happened that day . That photo made me sad

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#1726 12-09-2011 01:29PM

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Deleted User wrote: »

I still think the best 9/11 documentary was the one by the 2 French brothers who were there as it happened. Did anyone else see it? That priest was in it.

They were doing a FDNY documentary with a specific focus on a new probie (probationary firefighter) member of the team. This probationary period lasts 9 months. I remember near the end of the documnetary one of the senior firefighters said. "The probie came hear for nine months to become a man, today in 9 hours he became one."

It's a great 9/11 documentary alright, the best by far.

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#1727 12-09-2011 05:39PM

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Aftermath of 9/11

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#1728 12-09-2011 11:43PM

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It's gas how people are so sickened by what happened on one day ten years ago but don't seem to give a fook about what happened as a result of it. For every one american that died that day how many people in the Middle East have died?

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#1729 12-09-2011 11:49PM

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TangyZizzle wrote: »

It's gas how people are so sickened by what happened on one day ten years ago but don't seem to give a fook about what happened as a result of it. For every one american that died that day how many people in the Middle East have died?

Eleventeen billion?

Politics forum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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#1730 13-09-2011 12:04AM

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#1731 13-09-2011 07:09AM

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TangyZizzle wrote: »

It's gas how people are so sickened by what happened on one day ten years ago but don't seem to give a fook about what happened as a result of it. For every one american that died that day how many people in the Middle East have died?

Yes, because you know what EVERYONE else EVER thinks/thought.

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#1732 13-09-2011 07:53AM

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Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."

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#1733 13-09-2011 11:03AM

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gatecrash wrote: »

Yes, because you know what EVERYONE else EVER thinks/thought.

And it's impossible to think two things at the same time, right.

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#1734 13-09-2011 11:17AM

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While some chat is welcome, nay, encouraged, sniping and hatcheting is not.

Politics forum is thataway --->

A return to pictures would be welcome folks.

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#1735 13-09-2011 01:32PM

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Doesn't need much explanation other than they tried to save her but they couldn't... Heartbreaking.

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#1736 13-09-2011 01:33PM

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DrumSteve wrote: »

Doesn't need much explanation other than they tried to save her but they couldn't... Heartbreaking.

I recall seeing that picture before. What was the story?

Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."

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#1737 13-09-2011 01:35PM

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DrumSteve wrote: »

Doesn't need much explanation other than they tried to save her but they couldn't... Heartbreaking.

Omayra Sánchez (sometimes spelled Omaira Sanchez) was a 13-year-old victim of the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which erupted on November 13, 1985, in Armero, Colombia causing massive lahars which killed nearly 25,000. Trapped for three days in water, concrete, and other debris before she died, Omayra captured the attention of the media as volunteer workers told of a girl they were unable to save. Videos of her communicating with workers, smiling and making gestures to video cameras circulated around the media. Her "courage and dignity" touched Frank Fournier and many other relief workers who gathered around her to pray and be with her.
After 60 hours of struggling, she died. Her death highlighted the failure of officials to respond promptly to the threat of the volcano and also the struggle for volunteer rescue workers to save trapped victims who would otherwise be quickly saved and treated.

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#1738 13-09-2011 01:44PM

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Terribly sad. The earthquake resulted in massive lahars. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omayra_S%C3%A1nchez

Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."

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#1739 13-09-2011 03:41PM

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TangyZizzle wrote: »

It's gas how people are so sickened by what happened on one day ten years ago but don't seem to give a fook about what happened as a result of it. For every one american that died that day how many people in the Middle East have died?

There is site/article named Lebanons 911 but i am warning you its extremely graphic and has 6 pages of images taken from Isreal invasion of Lebanon

Warning- Contains graphic images:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2823

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#1740 13-09-2011 03:49PM

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mixednuts wrote: »

There is site/article named Lebanons 911 but i am warning you its extremely graphic and has 6 pages of images taken from Isreal invasion of Lebanon

Warning- Contains graphic images:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2823

My uncle took one of those pics...He showed me some of them just like ones you showed.

Of all the regions I worked in world that maybe the hardest and coldest I have been too...

I always remember a saying an old man said to me from the region when we asked for interview about his family being killed by the Israeli army "There are two certainties in life, death and that war will never end between these two sets of people"

EVENFLOW

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#1741 13-09-2011 09:08PM

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Worztron wrote: »

I recall seeing that picture before. What was the story?

its been in this thread with full story attached.
Very sad indeed.

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#1742 17-09-2011 01:34PM

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Don't think this has been posted up before, surprisingly enough:

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Valentines_Day_Massacre

The massacre of five members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang (a rival gang of Al Capone) plus two gang collaborators by four unknown murderers, two dressed as policemen who entered the garage where Moran's gang were present. The gang was told to line up against a wall where they believed a rudimentary police sting would take place. The ''policeman'' then opened fire and massacred the gang. The target of the plan was Bugs Moran but he was not killed as he was late for the meeting and subsequently avoided his gruesome death.

A more N.S.F.W., graphic image of the bodies after the shooting:

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/91/l_6506cc3dcc4d40228c9cb385222722ea.jpg
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l55dqfp2bK1qzykm0o1_r2_500.jpg

Though nobody was ever charged with the murders,it is all but written in stone that Al Capone ordered the killings to kill Moran and obliterate his gang.

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#1743 18-09-2011 04:00AM

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#1744 18-09-2011 10:17AM

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mixednuts wrote: »

There is site/article named Lebanons 911

You know what Lebanon done on 9/11?... It celebrated the attacks - that was Lebanon's 9/11.

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#1745 18-09-2011 03:25PM

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Hope Eager Windfall wrote: »

You know what Lebanon done on 9/11?... It celebrated the attacks - that was Lebanon's 9/11.

Speaking of celebrating 9/11 . . . .. weren't there a few israelis arrested for singing and dancing as the towers were still on fire & people were jumping to their deaths ?

You say 'Lebannon celebrated' like as if every lebaneese celebrated, so likewise we can say 'Israel celebrated' & be equally fair to both.

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#1746 18-09-2011 05:05PM

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Y'know what I celebrate?

Pictures on the picture thread.

Lets run with that.

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#1747 19-09-2011 09:37AM

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Reno Air Crash at the weekend - 9 people dead :mad:

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#1748 19-09-2011 10:23AM

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Justice for the 96

I have put this image in to remind all about the disgraceful story that The Sun and its editor at the time (Kelvin MacKenzie)ran with after the disaster .
A article that still annoys and upsets today due to its disgraceful portrayal of fans supposedly to blame for the atrocity , and complete and utter lies about some fans attacking helpers and police yet there is never one photo or statement to support such allegations.
MODS: If this goes against the thread rules then please take it out .

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#1749 20-09-2011 03:01AM

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Roland Ratzenberger, San Marino, 30th April 1994

Ratzenberger was the first racing driver to die at a Grand Prix weekend since the 1982 season, when Riccardo Paletti was killed at the Canadian Grand Prix, and he was the first driver to die in an F1 car since Elio de Angelis during testing in 1986.

Ratzenberger's death was overshadowed considerably by that of Ayrton Senna.

Ayrton Senna, San Marino, 1st May 1994

These may not have shook up the world at large, but definately shook up the world of Formula 1 and motorsport in general.

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#1750 20-09-2011 02:47PM

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Roger Williamson, Dutch Gp, Zandvoort, 1973

On Roger Williamson's second Formula One at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1973, he crashed after a suspected tyre failure. His car flipped upside down and caught fire. Roger wasn't seriously injured after the crash but was trapped under the car.

The poorly trained, badly equipped track marshals did little to help.
Another driver David Purley, upon witnessing the crash, pulled over and abandoned his own race in a desperate and valiant attempt to rescue Williamson.

There was only a single fire extinguisher in the area, and it was not enough to put out the fire. With the car still burning upside-down, the situation became hopeless, and the distraught Purley was led away by a marshal. Some spectators, appalled at Williamson's plight, tried to breach the safety fences in order to assist Williamson, but were pushed back by track security staff with dogs.
Remarkably, the race continued during all this.

Because the race was still on, it took the first fire engine 8 minutes to arrive on the scene. The fire was extinguished but Williamson had died of asphyxiation.

*Possibly distressing video*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mz3ZzSXyWM

David Purley was later awarded George Medal for his rescue attempt. He called the day of the crash as the saddest day of his life. I think his body language at the end of that video tells it all.

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#1751 20-09-2011 03:00PM

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Think we had that last one here before - sad story though!:(

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