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      Grieving Plymouth fan thanks Liverpool staff as son dies during game.

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      Grieving Plymouth fan thanks Liverpool staff as son dies during game.
      Jan 11, 2017 10:18:33 pm
      Grieving Plymouth fan thanks Liverpool staff as son dies during game
      A Plymouth Argyle fan who was told his son had died during Sunday's FA Cup clash with Liverpool has thanked police and staff who eased his distress.

      Kevin May, 53, from Plymouth, was texted by daughter Stacey during the game that his son Daniel, 25, had died.

      Daniel was quadriplegic, blind and had cerebral palsy since an operation aged six months.

      Distraught dad Mr May was taken away from the crowd by staff and police and given a chance to recover.

      'Crumpled in heap'
      The first call was from eldest son Terry that Daniel, who lived in Surrey with his mother, was in intensive care at Royal Surrey County Hospital, in Guildford.

      "Obviously I was very distraught and struggled to hear him over the noise of the crowd," he said on Facebook.

      He tried to tell a policeman at Liverpool's Anfield ground "but the words didn't come out".

      The policeman, he only knows as Graham, led Mr May into the club where a member of staff made him tea and "let me rabbit on and on about my son and just listened to me".

      He said: "I calmed down with the help of these two big Scousers I'd only known for half an hour, but they were great."

      He was shown to his seat when he got a text from Stacey, saying: "He's gone." Daniel had died of a heart attack.

      Looking for somewhere to escape the crowd, a policeman guided him to the police office where he "crumpled in a heap on a table with my head in my arms".

      There Graham and an Anfield employee both put their arms around him "in a show of pure human kindness, a credit to Scousers and Liverpool FC as well as Liverpool police".

      He said he wanted to offer his "sincerest thanks to them both for the care and the kind words they afforded me at my time of need".

      He hopes that fans will join in a tribute of applause on the 25th minute of the third round replay on Wednesday.

      "The fact that people are thinking about Daniel is such an uplift," he said.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-38588927

      I have just stumbled across this very sad story, pleased that the people Mr May came across during this harrowing time did the right thing for him.

      RIP Daniel.

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      Reply #1: Jan 12, 2017 02:34:45 pm
      Tragic story  :'(

      I am trying to get tickets for the game next week and will be applauding loudly for the lad!
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      Reply #2: Jan 12, 2017 06:38:09 pm
      Heard  Mr May being interviewed on the radio, very sad.
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      Reply #3: Jan 12, 2017 11:43:21 pm
      We are making a banner for the lad for the second leg.
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      Reply #4: Jan 13, 2017 05:37:29 am
      We are making a banner for the lad for the second leg.
      That will be brilliant,classy as ever.
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      Reply #5: Jan 13, 2017 05:56:34 am
      Oh F***ing hell. The poor fella and his poor family.

      God bless.
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      Reply #6: Jan 13, 2017 06:21:20 am
      It is always sad to hear about a death in any ones family but it is good that he did not have to suffer alone while away from his home.The people who looked after him should be congratulated but  it is the sort of thing I would expect from anyone associated with Liverpool Football Club.
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      Reply #7: Jan 13, 2017 01:46:39 pm
      So sad, but nice to see he was treated well.
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      Reply #8: Jan 13, 2017 03:26:08 pm
      You'll never walk alone.
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      Reply #9: Jan 13, 2017 04:05:02 pm
      Sort of brings things into perspective really, so stop crying about a football match that didn't go our way! RIP.

      Good takeaway from this tragic story.
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