SIR – Our hearts go out to the families of the Valley Parade disaster from here in New York.

You said goodbye to your loved ones, who were going out for an afternoon of fun to watch their beloved team, and they never came home.

Life is so precious and you have to protect it at all costs. But this tragedy was so painful, it took so many lives of families, fathers and sons.

Bless them all, and keep their families safe from anymore harm.

Diane Duguid, E.4th St, Deer Park, New York, USA