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Lt. Carter didn't even deserve a burial...ever - for the rest of his life. The doofus lost all credibility by being in the road in the first place.
ОтветитьThey bought him a parcel of chocolate and fruit to cheer him up . Bless their hearts x
Ответитьcousin James was one of the boys. So sad. Many of them had already lost their dads to the war.
Ответитьwhy was the Marine officer not prosecuted/court martialed? He had the kids walking on the road. If they had walked on the sidewalk they would not have been hit.
ОтветитьIt was totally the fault of the one adult who had the boys on the street with backs to traffic while wear dark clothing in the evening.
That was total negligence and stupidity.
He should’ve been the one charged and fined.
I was four years old when this happened and I remember it well. My mother took me to the cemetery in Gillingham to visit a relative's grave and whilst there we visited the boys graves. When I grew up, I became a police officer in Kent and served alongside two of the surviving boys. No mention was ever made of that disastrous day. Just to clarify, the boys were Royal Marine Cadets and not Sea Cadets as mentioned in the commentary and shown in the photo at the beginning of the video.
ОтветитьIn the movie Shadowlands ,Anthony Hopkins as C.S.Lewis giving a lecture on why God allows suffering ,mentions this incident.🙏💙
ОтветитьAs a veteran truck driver...... it's seems no matter what it's always the drivers fault. Sad sad situation.
ОтветитьFrom living in Scotland for many years, i can confirm that when foggy its not always helpful to use headlights in dense fog . It seems to hinder seeing clearer, it somehow makes the fog rebound back to you
ОтветитьIts the lieutenant's fault for walking them in the road
ОтветитьI do not blame the bus driver, full blame on the person marching a group 3 abreast in a roadway on a foggy night w/o any type of warning for on coming traffic. lanterns were used a lot for this type of situation, train crossings here in the US were flares with gates drawn down to block traffic. a sad situation for everyone involved and a very sad time of year to happen. Bless!
ОтветитьWhichever organisation responsible for maintaining street-lighting should have taken most of the blame.
ОтветитьStrange that the adult telling them to march in the road with their back to traffic was never prosecuted.
ОтветитьThey say the angels came and ever so gently picked those dying cadets and took them upto heaven. This profoundedly tragic and sad event from my personal observation and I know others will and shall feel anger and resentment for my speaking out. But all I say too those victims families I pray each night and say "God Bless boys R.I.P. Thank you
ОтветитьDid he have an eye test after the accident?
ОтветитьOmg this is heartbreaking i never heard about this until today two men were responsible for those poor kids 😢why didn't the bus driver put his lights on 😢 so so sad 😢
ОтветитьSo tragic, first I have ever heard of this 😢
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ОтветитьThe boys were entrusted to Lt Carter, he failed them😢
ОтветитьThis was a terrible tragedy and I feel bad for all the families concerned.
I don't think the driver should have been charged with dangerous driving. He seems to have been a convenient scapegoat.
In my view it was Lieutenant Carter who should have been in court. He was completely negligent in his decisions. I feel that he bore some, if not most of the blame. Getting the cadets to walk in the road with their backs to the traffic and bearing no lights was just a recipe for disaster.
The Highway Code states that, where there is no footway, pedestrians should walk on the right so that they are facing oncoming traffic.
If they had done so in this instance the bus would have missed them, but if the bus had been travelling in the other direction they would have seen it coming and had a chance to jump out of the way.
So Carter didnt face any punishment all for his negligence, thats not right at all
ОтветитьThey’re not really “Cadets”. They are kiddies that were forced or brainwashed into heading toward a show where men punch each other in the head. Humans. Are. So. Dumb.
ОтветитьUm. What? It’s the idiot who decided to walk these kids on the road that should have been charged. Where is the logic here?
ОтветитьThey all went back to spirit it was their choice. That's how it works.
ОтветитьMilitary nonsense to march them 3 abreast. The pavement could have taken children 2 abreast. Carter should have been reprimanded as he was meant to be caring for them at the time and seems to have taken little thought
ОтветитьJust down the road. Hard to listen to.
ОтветитьTranslation service
Flashlight- US English
Torch- British English
Event in the UK!
Voice over British
Terrible story , incompetence all round.
I can never understand why stupid drivers avoided the use of dipped headlights, preferring parking lights, and this would still occur today if it were not for daytime running lights and automatic switches on headlights.
I was 3 when this happened. It seems to have escaped my attention since, until now. This is a situation where you can feel for everyone involved. The driver especially ! Such a sad incident that leaves me with a sense of loss, even though I neveer heard of it till now. Thankyou for bringing this to my and other's attention.
ОтветитьI don’t think I’ve ever come across such a heartbreaking and tragic story as this… 🥺 RIP cadets.
ОтветитьI am surprised they kept the bus going for another two years. I remember there was an incident in Birmingham a few years ago where there was someone on board that was killed and that one was scrapped (probably with a total destruction order) as soon as the investigation was over, despite it still being fairly new at the time.
ОтветитьVery very sad.
ОтветитьSo why did he not have his lights on a dark night would have seen them ,terrible driving he didn’t use his initiative instinct,
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ОтветитьThis was so tragic and heartbreaking. Yes, we can all be Monday Morning quarterbacks and point out all the “if only)s. But as the coroner so rightly pointed out, the bus driver would suffer the rest of his life beating himself up mentally than any other punishment given. I’m so touched that the surviving boys wanted to cheer him up with gifts of sweets and chocolate. They had the kindest of hearts and forgiveness. What a beautiful lesson for us all today, these many years later.
ОтветитьRest in peace to the 24 lads who lost their lives
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The MORON who was supposed to be the one in charge was the Main IDIOT. The Driver is the next, was he driving without lights ?
His concentration was not there.
It does not matter how many years of service but they both must be held Full Responsibility.
Marching squads (of troops etc) when in three-abreast formation always march/walk on the left ( in UK) i.e. with their backs to the traffic, since you are the same width as a vehicle (either parked or moving slowly), but there should be a back-marker with a light (then) or a HiViz Jacket (now)
ОтветитьThis incident was inevitable.
Ответитьthe bus driver John Sampson was my great uncle he was never the same according to my nan after the accident thank you for making such a good informative video
ОтветитьOne of the saddest story's I've never heard.
ОтветитьMy sympathies go to poor Mr Sampson,a driver with unblemished name and character reduced to nothin g by the stupidity of a Senior officer's flagrant disregard for children's safety,no lightingmarching in the road,why not 2. abreast on the pavement?
The balance of judgement here was very wrong.
I lived in Chatham in the early sixties but I don't remember hearing of this tragedy. Very sad, thanks for sharing.
ОтветитьA terrible tragedy indeed, but I feel an injustice was done too , the Cadet leader should have been taken to trial too, and shared the punishment the driver got. The man in charge of the cadets in my view was equally guilty of carelessness and a failure to see the safe passage of these young lads.
ОтветитьCarter was as much to blame
ОтветитьNever heard this horror story, I know this area, and that road is still horrific even now. 😥
ОтветитьThe later pictures of the victims clearly show Royal Marine cap badges.
ОтветитьThe picture of the group is of Royal Navy cadets, not Royal Marine cadets. So either it's not a picture of the group, or this "researcher" thinks sailors and marines are the same thing. Shoddy work.
ОтветитьWhat happened to the rest of the children? 🙏🏼❤️🍀
ОтветитьVery sad and tragic accident indeed. I hope many lessons were learned.
ОтветитьWhy drive without headlights at night? I’m so sorry for all.
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