Ibrox disaster: First aider Tom Donaldson looks back on Scottish tragedy
Tom was among the 60 St Andrew’s Ambulance Association first aiders who were in attendance
Tom Donaldson (Image: Wishaw Press)
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By Ann Fotheringham It was a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon, a typical January day at the football in Glasgow, when Tom Donaldson took up position at the foot of Stairway 13 inside Ibrox Stadium. The Old Firm game, a traditional New Year fixture, was about to start, and he remembers stamping his feet and blowing on his hands to warm up. “It was an ordinary day,” explains Mr Donaldson, an experienced first aider with St Andrew’s First Aid, formerly St Andrew’s Ambulance Association. “I was at the foot of the stairway with three of my colleagues. It was freezing. The game was heading for a draw, which is sometimes the best result at these fixtures – both sides go home reasonably happy.”
Tom Donaldson has spoken about the Ibrox Disaster, in which 66 fans lost their lives IT WAS a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon, a typical January day at the football in Glasgow, when Tom Donaldson took up position at the foot of Stairway 13 inside Ibrox Stadium. The Old Firm game, a traditional New Year fixture, was about to start, and he remembers stamping his feet and blowing on his hands to warm up. “It was an ordinary day,” explains Tom, an experienced first-aider with St Andrew’s First Aid, formerly St Andrew’s Ambulance Association. “I was at the foot of the stairway with three of my colleagues.