"Before you are in it (club), I don't think you understand the magnitude of it (tragedy) fully. You understand the tragedy. You can empathise and sympathise, but when you are at the club, you become part of it. Every year I go to the celebration of the lives and I see the families and how many people from different walks of life have been through the experience; the stories of people who knew the Busby Babes, or knew people around that time, or parents, who were taken to games when they were young."
"Manchester United is built on ecstasy and tragedy. Of the biggest tragedies in football, the Munich air disaster is one. I feel absorbed in that now. I look forward to this moment every year; to celebrate the impact these people had on our club and continue to do so."
Marc Skinner and Michael Carrick brought forward pre-match news conferences to attend Manchester United's annual commemoration of the Munich air disaster. The crash occurred 68 years ago when the plane carrying Sir Matt Busby and his team crashed on take-off after a refuelling stop in Munich, killing 23 people including eight players. A half-hour service will be held under the Munich clock at Old Trafford at 1445 GMT. Skinner reflects that the disaster's magnitude becomes fully apparent only from inside the club, describes attending each year's celebration, encountering families and witnesses, and emphasizes United's history of both ecstasy and tragedy.
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