Bedfordshire victims of Zeebrugge disaster remembered

By The Newsroom
Published 6th Mar 2017, 09:53 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2017, 11:02 BST
Four local victims of the Zeebrugge disaster are remembered today, the 30th anniversary of the disaster which claimed 193 lives.

Jacqueline Reeder aged 16 from Dunstable, David Saxby, 44 from Luton, Alan Woodall, 24, from Luton and Barry Sopp aged 44 from Bedfordshire, were all passengers on the Herald of Free Enterprise, when it capsized as it left Zeebrugge harbour on March 6, 1987.

he bow door had been left open which allowed millions of tonnes of water to flood into the boat, quickly capsizing it.

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