"The Munich Air Disaster of Feb 6, 1958 rips the heart out of Manchester United with 8 of its brightest young things perishing in the twisted metal of the plane crash". 
They were known as the Busby Babes, incredibly talented and incredibly young - an incredible loss to be felt by all United Fans across the world, for years to come.Currently, there are three books on my reading radar:
Ornament of the World - how the Muslims, Jews and Christians created a culture of tolerance in Medieval Spain: by Maria Rosa Menocal
Atonement- about perceptions, misunderstanding, consequences - and endless love: by the Booker Prize winner, Ian McEwan
Brick Lane - a Bangladeshi woman in a foreign land coming to her own: by Booker Prize nominee, Monica Ali
Both "Atonement" and "Brick Lane" are fiction and have been made into movies recently. "Ornament of the World" is non-fiction, if only it was current reality.
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The crash that wiped out the united team has always been eerie to me. It isn't as if they're more important individual than the anonymous people who lose their lives in accidents but because so many people feel a connection to them, it's a good reminder of how devastating loss can be,
BTW, you left me a question a while ago about hiring people - my first guess would be to use Craigslist.
I haven’t read the Book "Atonement' But the film was excellent!
Best wishes
I had NO idea about the Busty Babes...
That is incredibly sad.
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