29/10/2012
The financial and emotional penalties that arise when someone goes missing. Plus, the friendship between the rail worker at the centre of the Greyrigg crash and a bereaved family.
Inside Out investigates the financial and emotional penalties that arise when a family member goes missing and reports on the campaign for change. Chris Jackson reveals the extraordinary story of the friendship between the rail worker at the centre of the Greyrigg crash and the family who lost their mother in the disaster. Jacey Normand follows a Stockport woman's quest to become the UK's female bodybuilding champion.
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An unlikely friendship made out of Grayrigg rail tragedy
When a Virgin train travelling at 95mph derailed near Grayrigg in Cumbria five years ago dozens of passengers were injured and one woman was killed.
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Five years on an unlikely friendship has developed between the son of the woman killed, George Masson, and the engineer who was accused of failing to check the tracks properly, David Lewis.
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Speaking to the 91热爆, George said of David, "He was the only one who showed any sincerity, emotions, remorse."
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on the 91热爆 News website.
Grayrigg train crash: Son forgives crash engineer
The son of a woman killed in the Grayrigg train crash in Cumbria says he has forgiven the trackman who forgot to check the tracks.
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Margaret Masson, 84, of Glasgow, died after the Virgin train derailed on the West Coast main line in February 2007.
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The train went over a "degraded" set of points at 92mph and careered down an embankment, leaving 88 people injured, including two members of the train crew.
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Dave Lewis, a maintenance manager from Preston who worked at Network Rail, admitted at a hearing that he was "under pressure" and had forgotten to inspect the points near where the train derailed.
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on the 91热爆 News website.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tony Livesey |
| Reporter | Jacey Normand |
| Reporter | Chris Jackson |
| Series Editor | Deborah Van Bishop |
Broadcast
- Mon 29 Oct 2012 19:3091热爆 One North West