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Can somebody explain the significance of this event? I understand the details of what happened, that it was poorly set up, that 96 people died, the people vs. police atmosphere, etc. But still, it feels like this event that was 20 years ago is still very emotional to a lot of people and almost that it has been heavily romanticized now.

I don't want or mean to take any significance away from it, but it's hard for me to understand why 20 years later people are still so emotional about it. Is it the 96 people who died, is it the lack of closure from the police, is it because that was kind of the end of an era for terraces, the nostalgia?

I see the 96 deaths as a tragedy, but for some reason the way it is talked about and reported about in England is almost 9/11-like here. The whole "I remember what I was doing when I heard Bambi's mother died" type thing. You'd think with all the violence and problems that went on with football in the 80s that something terrible happening wouldn't be the shock to the system that it was. Of course I know this is a significant anniversary this year, but I've thought the same in the past as well.