"We got the bus and went down to Sheffield to visit the supporters who were in hospital, Kenny Dalglish says as he remembers how he spent the Monday after the tragedy of Hillsborough in April 1989. All the players were there so we split up and they walked into different wards to see people. We were trying to give them a wee bit of confidence or belief of anything that could help them."
"Sean Luckett was 20 years old and one of the thousands of fervent Liverpool supporters who had travelled to Hillsborough to support the team who Dalglish managed and had played for with such sublime talent since arriving from Celtic in 1977. Ninety-seven Liverpool fans eventually lost their lives after the unbearable crush during the club's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest."
"David Edbrooke, a consultant anaesthetist, was quoted in the Times the following day, 18 April 1989, as he described the apparent miracle. I have never seen anything like it, Edbrooke said. [Luckett] opened his eyes and whispered: Kenny Dalglish.' The Liverpool manager said: Well done, wee man, with his familiar wry smile, before moving on to the next ward. Such vivid moments, and monuments of social and football history, light up Asif Kapadia's moving new film on Dalglish."
Kenny Dalglish traveled to Sheffield by bus the Monday after the Hillsborough crush to visit supporters hospitalized after the FA Cup semi-final. All the players attended and split into wards to offer encouragement and belief to injured fans and their families. Among those was 20-year-old Sean Luckett, who had been in a coma for two days at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital; Dalglish spoke to him at his bedside. After Dalglish's words the unconscious boy suddenly sat up and whispered 'Kenny Dalglish.' A consultant anaesthetist described the incident as unlike anything he had seen. Ninety-seven Liverpool fans died in the disaster.
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