Herald of Free Enterprise disaster awards

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster awards

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:15

Description

Report on an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace where the Queen presented medals to 28 people who risked (or gave) their lives in trying to rescue others in the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87). Includes interviews with Linda Skippen, widow of head waiter, Michael Skippen; Andrew Parker, passenger. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Andrew Parker; Linda Skippen

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; Awards; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Michael Skippen; Medals

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