Herald of Free Enterprise - survivor interview

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise - survivor interview

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:43

Description

Interview with survivor of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (06/03/87), Christopher Leach, on trying to change the law in the way compensation is awarded to help families who have lost relatives in the tragedy. And on his suffering (symptoms of PTSD). Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Christopher Leach

Keywords

Deaths; Shipwrecks; Compensation; Public inquiries; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; Law reform; Disasters (events); Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Herald of free Enterprise; Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen; Christopher Leach

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