Ibrox Disaster: Wishaw first aider reflects on tragedy 50 years on
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Fifty years on from the Ibrox Disaster, a Wishaw first-aider admits the memories of that fateful day will never leave him.Tom Donaldson was 21 when he travelled to Ibrox on January 2, 1971, as part of the Wishaw section of the St Andrew’s Ambulance Corps.What followed was Scotland’s worst sporting disaster with 66 Rangers fans losing their lives, including 14-year-old Newmains lad Ian Hunter.Dozens more were injured when a barrier on Stairway 13 gave way causing a crush.Tom recalled the minutes and hours following the 1-1 draw with Celtic when the full extent of what happened began to emerge,He said: “We first knew something was wrong when a policeman