IN PICTURES: 27th anniversary of the devastating IRA bomb - the day Manchester changed forever
It was a moment that changed Manchester forever.on the British mainland.
On their CCTV camera in Bootle Street station, officers watched in horror as footage was relayed showing people pushing up against and sliding along the side of the van, awkwardly parked on one of the city’s busiest shopping streets. It was a Herculean task, aided by the luck of having extra police on duty for the afternoon’s Euro 96 match between England and Scotland. Gradually, grudgingly, people began to move, turning into a flood as word spread that the scare was real. The police cordon extended out and out to a quarter of a mile, until there were no more officers to take it any further.
At 11.17am, the blast from the 3,300lb bomb tore through the heart of Manchester and, within seconds, made an impact that would last for two decades.
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