Herald of Free Enterprise-Milow

[00:08.79]This is the legend of eight sisters [00:12.46]Herald was the famous one [00:16.17]It happened twenty years ago [00:19.58]although the sea was calm [00:23.08]It was 1987 [00:26.71]and winter nearly gone [00:29.85]On that Friday running late [00:33.04]with rolling off and rolling on [00:39.49]Trucks and cars were sleeping [00:42.11]door by door and side by side [00:45.80]Someone had to close the back door [00:49.22]That day it must have slipped his mind [00:52.81]He was fast asleep in his cabin [00:56.29]tired from cleaning out the hall [00:59.67]While passengers were eating [01:03.01]indulging duty-free-for-all [01:09.35]Herald of Free Enterprise [01:16.44]Herald of Free Enterprise [01:23.81]Herald of Free Enterprise [01:30.63]In just ninety seconds [01:33.14]right down to the wire [01:38.05]Sailing with the doors wide open [01:41.85]so the waves kept pouring in [01:45.33]As they passed the Outer Mole [01:48.60]the disaster could begin [01:51.94]An a hundred yards from the shore [01:55.78]right outside a Belgian port [01:59.15]The lights went out [02:01.37]the ship turned around and fell to starboard [02:07.87]Then nothing but silence [02:12.46]silence and the cold [02:15.59]Herald and her sisters [02:18.98]just never fit the mold [02:24.95]Herald of Free Enterprise [02:32.22]Herald of Free Enterprise [02:39.44]Herald of Free Enterprise [02:46.29]In just ninety seconds [02:48.46]right down to the wire [02:53.58]Two months later she was refloated [02:57.09]a final one-way trip exchange [03:00.54]Pensioned off into the Third World [03:04.07]Where they named her Flushing Range [03:08.01]And in '88 she broke in two [03:11.56]probably because of guilt [03:14.80]Pride and Spirit changed their names [03:18.38]They were all doomed since they were built [03:24.27]Herald of Free Enterprise [03:31.39]Herald of Free Enterprise [03:38.64]Herald of Free Enterprise [03:45.40]In just ninety seconds [03:47.37]right down to the wire [04:24.22]This is the legend of eight sisters [04:27.92]Herald was the famous one [04:31.47]It happened twenty years ago [04:35.04]although the sea was calm [04:39.00]I was just a boy then [04:42.56]holding daddy's hand [04:45.95]Watching on tv [04:48.52]how Herald's time came to an end