Victims taken 'out of the darkness and into the light'

The survivors and families of the Stardust fire victims have said"this day is for the 48" after receiving the verdicts from the inquests into the 1981 nightclub fire today.

"It was a very emotional day for all the families here, all of us. For 43 years we had to fight, and we shouldn't have had to have done. None of us. We shouldn't be here now; this should have been sorted and done long ago." "I've had to for the last 43 years wonder why and what happened to my mam that night and today we've got justice for her, we got the truth and the truth is out there and we all know what happened that night," she said.

"For 43 long years we've been relentless in a quest for justice for our dear sister Thelma, her boyfriend, Michael and 46 others. "For those decades, our hearts and minds have been shattered and the mental toll has been overwhelming and exhausting, persisting day after weary day. "At a time of utter despair grieving mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, husbands and wives took up the reins in their battle for truth and justice for their loved ones," he said.

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