Twenty years after the Dunblane massacre, survivors and relatives have spoken of their enduring pain. The tragedy, which saw Thomas Hamilton kill 16 children and their teacher before turning the gun on himself, remains the UK's deadliest firearms atrocity.
Amy Hutchison, shot in the leg at age five, recalled dragging herself to a gym cupboard. She said: 'I just remember my leg turning to jelly and falling to the floor.' She spent six weeks in hospital and later rejected skin grafts, saying: 'These are my scars, they're on my body, they're my story.'
Head teacher Ron Taylor described the aftermath: 'There was an incredible silence. The air was thick with smoke, cordite, the smell. It was unimaginably horrible.' He admitted guilt still haunts him: 'It was my school. I felt I should have been able to do more.'
Isabel Wilson, whose five-year-old daughter Mhairi MacBeath was killed, said: 'She was murdered. Thomas Hamilton murdered her.' She recalled the agonising wait for news after rushing to the school.
