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    Ex-Scottish Labour leader wonders if he did enough to help at Clutha crash site

    by Lucinda Cameron Nov 29, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    A former Scottish Labour leader has said he still asks himself whether he did enough when he ran to help victims after a helicopter crashed into a pub 10 years ago.

    Three crew members and seven customers died when the Police Scotland aircraft fell on to the roof of the Clutha bar in Glasgow on November 29 2013.

    , a former Secretary, had just parked nearby

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