Itwasonlyreallywhen I startedworkingfortheBBCistheNorthofEnglandcorrespondentthat I begantolookinclosedetail.
Attic.
Thatwas 10 yearsagoorsowhen I'vespent 10 yearsfollowingeverytwistandturnofit, andthey'vebeensomanytwistsandturnstofullyunderstandHillsborough, youhavetolookatwhathappenedin 1989 Bank, thenHillsboroughwasoneofthemostprestigiousgroundsinEngland, chosentohostoneofthemostimportantfootballfixturesinthecalendar, the F A Cupsemifinal.
Forthesecondyearin a row, LiverpoolweredrawnagainstNottinghamForest, knottingandfanswhenNorthandtheScouserswenteastacrosstheApennines, andtheyconvergedhereonthewestsideofthegroundatLeppingsLane.
Itwas a sunnyday, andLiverpoolhadeverythingtoplayfor.
Therewerestillthousandsofpeopleherewaitingtogetinnationalstreamingfromnegatesthatpeoplein a moneysavingcontrolwiththemoneyticketmixedwiththerewasatthismomentthat a criticaldecisionwasmadebyDavidDuncanField.
Heordered a largeexitgatetobeopened.
Morethan 2000 fanspouredintotheground.
Theormitigatesneedyoursplatterswalk?
Itdidn't evensayHitAwfulisenoughtocometoseeyoucomethrough a case, butyougooutinthegame.
That, I think, iswhatsentthesignaltoWestminsterimportanceofreleasingallofdocumentsaroundHillsboroughthatledthewaytothecreationoftheHillsboroughIndependentpanel.
Itsreportin 2012 wasreallyimportant.
Itleadthewaytowardsnewinquestswiththeweightoffthenewevidenceinthisreport, itisrightformetodayasPrimeMinister, tomake a properapologytothefamiliesofthe 96 in 2015 DavidDuncanfieldgaveevidence.
I wasprobablydeeplyashamed, embarrassed, greatlydistressed.
I probably I didn't wanttoadmittomyselforanyoneelsewhatthesituationis.
What I wouldliketosay.
It's theLiverpoolfamiliesisthis.
I regretthatomission a nationalregretittomydyingdaythanin 2016 TheanQuestjewelryfoundfirstofall, thatthefanswhowhodiedandwhowenttoHillsbutweren't toblameinanywayonsecondly, reallycruciallythatthosewhodiedwereunlawfullykilled.
I alwayshoped I'veread.
Wegettheassistance.
I don't evenlikethis.
I wasoneofthefewjournalistsallowedinsidethecourtroomwhentheverdictswerehandeddownfromthefamilieswerecrying.
Thelawyerswerecrying.
Theytested.
Mayorfeltthatsenseofhistory.
But I rememberatthesametimewonderingwhatitwouldmeanforthenextstepofthelegaljourney.
Thisisunlawfulkilling, sosomeonebrokethelaw.
Sowhoisit?
TheinquestsfoundthatDavidDuncanfieldsactionscontributedtothedeaths, butaninquestisn't a trial.