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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 2 Dec 2013

    "If they had got in far quicker, people might be alive," Ian O'Prey says - his son is missing after #helicopter crash http://bbc.in/1b8dKyI 

    1:12 AM - 2 Dec 2013
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      1. Graham Roberts‏ @ginbcn 2 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews appreciating O'Prey difficult personal situation but in similar cases the rule worldwide is 'slow and steady wins the game' #clutha

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      1. william paterson‏ @100Paterson 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews what happened to the people they were talking to on first night ?

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      1. Steve Harley  😉‏ @KingTyDu 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews Absolutely agree about the liaison officer. He needs counselling to come to terms with his ? loss rather than blaming rescuers.

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      1. P. Kathy Kleiman‏ @moonbeam0709 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews Well, if you remember the 1st USians were English, as 4 me and mine, gran from Russia,Transylvania, kids from Ger&Pol,I am a 1st TX

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      1. Alastair Knox‏ @newry_lad 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews Should there not have been a liaison officer looking after the interests of people like Mr O'Prey?

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      1. okicoaky‏ @AlexCochrane1 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews man sounds worried sick about his son, I can't begin to imagine what that must be like for him..

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      1. Stephanie Alexander‏ @StephLou1211 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews we prepare for lots of situations, but this is hardly one to be predicted or rushed into, I'm sure they are doing their best

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      1. Lindsay Armstrong‏ @baggyp71 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews This poor man is clearly going through the grieving process - this is a very difficult situation for all involved.

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      1. Steve lumpit walker‏ @s73venw 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews no one wrote a book on how to deal with this type of accident. The uk have the best incident support in the world

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      1. Dave Madden #FBPE 🇪🇺‏ @redmadden 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews Not sure these distressed people should be on every news pack. Feel for them - but certain services doing v diff job professionally

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      1. Daniel‏ @extremedaniel96 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews @Scotambservice @policescotland @scotfire_west

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      1. Craig Keith‏ @Keifski 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews A Helicopter crashed into a building,short of helping people out what more could they have done. The public were doing that anyway

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      1. Daniel‏ @extremedaniel96 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews they had got in soon more people could of been killed it's a delicate operation and has to be dealt with in the safest way

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      1. Daniel‏ @extremedaniel96 2 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews not trying to be mean or Evil or senseless or anything cause it's a tragic incident and always will be but there's a chance if

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