The brother of a West Bromwich Albion fan who died watching his team has recalled the harrowing moment his son told him what had happened.
Steve Townsend has said he’s committed to getting justice for his brother Mark, who collapsed and died at Hillsborough on Saturday during the Baggies’ Championship fixture at Sheffield Wednesday.
The 57-year-old had gone to the match with Steve’s son, Matthew.
Speaking to ITV Central news, Mr Townsend spoke of hearing about his brother being taken ill from his son, then later learning about how long it had taken for a medic to arrive.
He said: “I was sat at home watching the football and heard the commentator say there seems to be a bit of a commotion and the next thing I knew, my phone is ringing off the hook and it was my son Matthew telling me that my brother, his uncle, had collapsed and he wasn’t breathing.
Mr Townsend said he’d learnt that it had taken the stadium’s medic and a defibrillator 10 to 12 minutes to get to his brother, who had been helped by an off-duty paramedic who was watching the game.
West Bromwich Albion held a tribute to Mark Townsend during their Championship fixture against Middlesbrough on Tuesday night, with a shirt place on the 57-year-old’s seat in the Birmingham Road End and a minutes applause on the 57th minute.
Steve Townsend said the tribute had meant a lot to the family and been a great help and said it was spurring him on to find justice for his brother.
He said: “If ever there was a send off, that was a send off and it’s helped the family a lot.
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