0:00:04 > 0:00:06Ordinary people who made history together.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09You see those faces in front of you as if it was yesterday.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Strangers thrown together by disaster, never to see each other again.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18You just wonder how anyone managed to get out alive that day.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Everyday heroes who risked everything.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25In our own small way, it helped them to do the job that they do so well.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30People are nice, people are good, people's humanity shone through.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Brought together by fate, separated by life,
0:00:34 > 0:00:36real lives reunited.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Today, these civilians who found themselves in the middle
0:00:42 > 0:00:43of a war zone.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I prayed really hard.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I do remember that, you know, face down on the deck.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I thought, "Someone is trying to kill me."
0:00:51 > 0:00:55And the military band who played on throughout the deadly combat.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Somebody said to me, "What did you get out of the Falklands?"
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and I said, "Appreciation of what I'd got back home."
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Ten years after she was pulled from the rubble of a factory explosion,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08a woman gets the chance to meet the fireman who saved her.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12I can't find the words to express how grateful I am
0:01:12 > 0:01:14to him for what he did.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And plucked from the rooftops,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19survivors of some of the country's worst ever floods
0:01:19 > 0:01:20thank their helicopter heroes.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It is a bit special when you're meeting someone
0:01:23 > 0:01:27that's rescued your wife and one of your best friends.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38In the early '80s, Britain was a country at war with itself.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43High unemployment, rampant inflation and an unpopular government
0:01:43 > 0:01:45were a combustible mix.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48But on April 2nd 1982,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51a national emergency changed everything.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Argentina has invaded the Falklands.
0:01:58 > 0:02:022,000 men are reported to have gone ashore this morning
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and taken full control. The Government are expected to confirm
0:02:05 > 0:02:09the invasion soon. Senior ministers are meeting now at Number Ten.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11A British Naval taskforce was despatched with orders
0:02:11 > 0:02:13to retake the islands
0:02:13 > 0:02:16if diplomatic attempts to find a solution failed.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Among the boats that set a course for the South Atlantic,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23a requisitioned commercial cruise ship, the Canberra,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25and some of its young civilian crew,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29who had no idea what they were about to sail into.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I haven't been to the Falklands before. That could be interesting.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I think when you're young, you don't think about danger in the same way.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39The Canberra sailed from Southampton on Good Friday 1982,
0:02:39 > 0:02:43with more than 2,500 Royal Marines and Paratroopers on board,
0:02:43 > 0:02:48as well as a volunteer civilian crew of more than 400,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52including a group of women known as the "fearless fifteen".
0:02:52 > 0:02:57Among them, ship's doctor Susie West and nurse Angela Devine.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I never dreamt that I would have that sort of opportunity.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Medically and professionally, it was going to be a challenge.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Also on board, assistant pursers Fiona Lund
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and Sally Westman Goodman,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10who'd just joined the company.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I had a phone call from the personnel department who said,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15"As it's your first trip to sea, you won't be going,"
0:03:15 > 0:03:18and then the next day they phoned up and said, "We haven't got as many
0:03:18 > 0:03:22"volunteers as we thought, would you like to go after all?" I said yes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I was young, I as foolish, I was adventurous
0:03:24 > 0:03:28and I just thought it might be...well, interesting.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32The civilian crew carried out their normal duties
0:03:32 > 0:03:35while also supporting their military passengers.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38It was hoped that international diplomacy would solve the situation.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43After all, Britain hadn't been to war in decades.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46I didn't even pack cold-weather clothing because I just assumed
0:03:46 > 0:03:49that we'd go down round the Isle of Wight,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51go back again and then continue with Mediterranean cruising.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54But diplomacy failed
0:03:54 > 0:03:57and on May 2nd, an Argentine light cruiser was sunk
0:03:57 > 0:04:00with the loss of 323 lives.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03When we heard the Belgrano was hit,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06we realised how serious the whole situation was becoming.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And then when the Sheffield went down,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13we knew that this wasn't just an exercise any more.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Three weeks later, on 21st May, the Canberra anchored
0:04:18 > 0:04:22in San Carlos Water, also known as Bomb Alley.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27When we arrived, it was a beautiful day,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29beautiful clear skies, which was not good from our point of view.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31We were going to be very visible.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33And then the air attack came.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It was the noise.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38The noise.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40It was horrendous.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Very, very frightening.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46The Canberra came under sustained attack by Argentine aircraft.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49For inexperienced civilians, it was a terrifying ordeal.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I prayed really hard, I did.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I do remember that, you know, face down on the deck.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I thought, "Someone is trying to kill me
0:04:58 > 0:05:02"and my life could end, just like that."
0:05:02 > 0:05:05It was a feeling that I'll never forget.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06For the fearless fifteen,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10the realities of war were becoming all too apparent.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13We survived that horrendous Bomb Alley,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15but some people didn't.
0:05:15 > 0:05:1922 lives were lost when HMS Ardent was sunk on 22nd May,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23and it was the Canberra that took on the shell-shocked survivors.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27I can still remember the faces of the Ardent crew coming on board.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I think that will always stay with me.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32The fact that it was a jolly went out of the window.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I couldn't understand, "Why do we have wars?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38"Why did this have to happen? Why did people have to get killed?"
0:05:38 > 0:05:40But then, on June 14th,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43the crew on board the Canberra received
0:05:43 > 0:05:46the news they'd been longing for.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49We had an announcement from the bridge
0:05:49 > 0:05:51that there were white flags at Port Stanley,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and everybody just cheered.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55It was joyous, absolutely joyous.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57It was wonderful.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00But for many, the joy was short lived
0:06:00 > 0:06:03as the stress of intense combat took its toll on soldiers returning home.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Some of those conversations were horrendous.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12A lot of those men had seen some pretty awful things, really.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16We were able to listen without commenting...
0:06:16 > 0:06:19um...I hope helped.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The women on board now found themselves working as counsellors
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and confidantes.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Everybody had their own war,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28and I never fully understood that expression
0:06:28 > 0:06:31until it happened.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Everyone had their own personal war.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Almost 1,000 people were killed in the Falklands Conflict,
0:06:38 > 0:06:43but on 11 July 1982, the Canberra arrived back in Southampton
0:06:43 > 0:06:46to a rapturous reception.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The crew had been at sea for 94 days,
0:06:49 > 0:06:5174 of them at war.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55It was quite misty as we came up the Solent and, literally,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57we came through the mist and all of a sudden,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00you could see all these boats that had come out to meet us.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03We kind of realised this was a big occasion
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and nothing prepared us for the sight everybody on the quayside.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10We had no idea we would get any sort of reception like that.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I don't think anyone did. Prince Charles arrived in a red helicopter.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18He was real. One of the best days of my life, definitely.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21After surviving the horror of a war zone together,
0:07:21 > 0:07:22the group drifted apart.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Now, over three decades later,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28four of the fearless 15 are about to be reunited.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33I thought I heard a Sally laugh. Hi, Fiona. Good to see you.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I heard you laughing.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Both Fiona and Sally celebrated their birthdays during the voyage.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Birthdays. Both of us had our birthdays. Well, mine is coming.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Yours has been and gone. Yes. 31 years. I know.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's unbelievable where that time's gone to, isn't it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53You look pretty good, actually, Sally, I have to say.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56We obviously went through a very significant period together and
0:07:56 > 0:08:01that has forged a bond which not many people have that sort of experience.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Sharing that experience
0:08:03 > 0:08:06were medical team Susie West and Angela Devine.
0:08:06 > 0:08:13Hello. Hello. Susie West. Susie! I was trying to remember you.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Oh, wow.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19'I think all of us have a special place in our hearts'
0:08:19 > 0:08:23for the Canberra and the campaign.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26We all had an opportunity to learn how to fire a gun.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28I don't know what they thought.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30You know, that I would be able to shoot down an entire...
0:08:30 > 0:08:34If they were a bit short of staff, they could get you to get involved.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38'I go to remembrance services and I do actually think my family'
0:08:38 > 0:08:40could have been standing there remembering me.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I think it's only people that were there
0:08:43 > 0:08:46that you can really share it with.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49'It makes me feel very, very lucky that we came back'
0:08:49 > 0:08:52and we've had the last 30 years
0:08:52 > 0:08:54to live our lives.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Later, the military band who kept up the moral on-board
0:09:00 > 0:09:04are reunited after more than 30 years apart,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08as they relive one of their greatest moments with an old acquaintance.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11# That were members of 42 supporters club
0:09:11 > 0:09:14ALL: # We're members of 42 supporters club! #
0:09:14 > 0:09:15CHEERING
0:09:23 > 0:09:26In the face of war and disaster,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29ordinary people are forced to find hidden reserves.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32But for those paid to deal with catastrophe, it is
0:09:32 > 0:09:35the all-essential training that gets them through.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36In the aftermath of 9/11,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41US emergency crews became world leaders in urban rescue and in
0:09:41 > 0:09:462003, Scottish fireman Kevin Smyth travelled there to learn from them.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Some of his colleagues were sceptical.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Few believed such specialist skills
0:09:51 > 0:09:55would be needed in peacetime Britain. But they were wrong.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58You just wonder how anyone...
0:09:58 > 0:10:01managed to get out of it alive that day.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04I hadn't seen anything like it before.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It was certainly the biggest incident I'd ever attended.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10A major operation is under way to rescue 14 people
0:10:10 > 0:10:12still trapped in rubble.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15As darkness falls tonight, there is no letup in the rescue
0:10:15 > 0:10:17effort at what is left of the plastics factory.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20The search for survivors goes on but so far today
0:10:20 > 0:10:23they have found only death.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27At midday on the 11th of May 2004, a massive explosion destroyed
0:10:27 > 0:10:30a plastics factory in Maryhill, Glasgow.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Inside, 60 workers, halfway through their shift.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37HR manager Linda Kinnon was in a meeting with her boss
0:10:37 > 0:10:39when the blast happened.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43There was a really loud bang
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and the next thing I remember was falling down...
0:10:48 > 0:10:51..like into a big, black void, into a black hole.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54The four-storey building was devastated
0:10:54 > 0:10:56and Linda was trapped deep under the rubble.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02It was absolutely pitch black except for this one tiny
0:11:02 > 0:11:05pinprick of light, which was right up above my head.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09The explosion prompted one of the biggest inner-city rescue
0:11:09 > 0:11:11efforts of modern times.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13RAF helicopters, sniffer dogs
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and 300 firefighters were brought in from across the country.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Among them were Andy Scott and urban rescue specialist Kevin Smyth.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26Part of the building had collapsed and part of it was still standing.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29It reminded me of 9/11.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32The floors of the building had effectively vanished
0:11:32 > 0:11:35and the roof was now just 18 feet off the ground.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41There was crying going on and there was people aghast and shocked.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The looks on people's faces said it all.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47When we made contact with people,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49what we wanted to do was keep talking to them,
0:11:49 > 0:11:50let them know that we were
0:11:50 > 0:11:53going to do our best to try and get them out of there.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The building was highly unstable.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57There was a real risk the weight of the roof could come
0:11:57 > 0:12:01crashing down on the rescue effort at any moment.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03I could hear a woman crying and saying, "Help me."
0:12:03 > 0:12:07About another 15 feet away, I could see the back of a woman's ear
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and the top part of her neck and she was crying.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I was quite relieved that, you know, that he'd found me.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I shouted to him, "I'm down here," and I thought all he had to do
0:12:16 > 0:12:22was to, you know, if I reached up and he reached down, I would be out.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26But getting to Linda through 18 feet of rubble was going to be dangerous.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Kevin's newly acquired skills were about to be stretched to the limit.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34I thought to myself, "How are we going to get her out of here?"
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Because what was pinning her down was what was holding
0:12:37 > 0:12:39the rest of the rubble up.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41To avoid the building collapsing on them,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43they tunnelled towards Linda from the side -
0:12:43 > 0:12:45a painstakingly slow business.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50We had to pick the building apart, piece by piece,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52a little bit at a time.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56With every passing minute, Linda's chances of survival were reduced.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59She had a badly broken leg, her ankle was smashed
0:12:59 > 0:13:00and she was also losing blood.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06I never thought that anyone could suffer as much pain
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and still actually be alive.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10The longer the rescue was taking,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14the less chance there was that she would survive.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18At one point, I told Kevin Smyth just to leave me alone.
0:13:18 > 0:13:24Just... That was it.... I'd had enough. Just let me go.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I did say to her, "Come on, we're not having any of that.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29We need to keep this going and we'll get you out eventually."
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Kevin's training helped him reach Linda
0:13:31 > 0:13:33but it had taken four and a half hours
0:13:33 > 0:13:36and when he got to her, his heart sank.
0:13:36 > 0:13:41She was impaled on a piece of wood. Her leg was crushed.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46To look at her, she didn't look as if she was going to survive.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47To release her, Kevin had to
0:13:47 > 0:13:49saw through the piece of wood quickly and carefully.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55Whilst he was sawing, the blade broke on his saw first of all
0:13:55 > 0:13:59and he used an expletive.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And I told him off.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I said, "There's no need for that kind of language,
0:14:04 > 0:14:05"no matter the situation."
0:14:05 > 0:14:07And I thought, "If this woman has still got the
0:14:07 > 0:14:11"energy to tell me off for swearing then she's got a good chance."
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And the firefighters had cleared space up above me by this time
0:14:15 > 0:14:18and I could see a line of them, saying, "You tell...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20"You just him, Linda. You tell him."
0:14:20 > 0:14:22And they said, "His name's Kevin Smyth."
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Linda was now bleeding so badly,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Kevin feared she wouldn't survive much longer.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He quickly replaced the saw and finally,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33after a six-hour rescue mission, Linda was freed.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39They had to just literally pull me out
0:14:39 > 0:14:42with the rope that was tied round me.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It was very important that we took Linda out in a controlled manner.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48We could have caused further injury by taking her out too quickly.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50I just member seeing his face.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55And then the next thing, it was all...
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I could see all the firefighters
0:14:57 > 0:15:01who were way above me, clapping and cheering.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04But, by this point, Linda had been trapped for seven hours
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and was in a very bad state.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Having been through so much together,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Kevin now feared Linda's life was slipping away.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17We carried her up the rubble pile to the ambulance personnel.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19At that point, I thought,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22"That's the last time I'll see that woman alive."
0:15:22 > 0:15:25But somehow, despite life-threatening injuries,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Linda did survive.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30After ten weeks in hospital, she returned home and now,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34ten years after the explosion that nearly cost Linda her life,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37she's about to be reunited with the firefighter who saved her.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43I can't find the words to express how grateful I am to him for what he did.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56On November 19th, 2009, unprecedented levels of rainfall in Cumbria
0:15:56 > 0:15:59brought utter chaos and put lives in danger.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03I cannot stress how serious this situation is.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06In the market town of Cockermouth, rivers surged through flood
0:16:06 > 0:16:10defences and more than 200 people were evacuated.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15But for 63-year-old June Goldstein,
0:16:15 > 0:16:19alone except for two border terriers, Pepper and Jonty,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21it was a terrifying experience.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25The water was coming over the old flood defences.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It was starting to sort of creep into the kitchen.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31400 miles away on business, husband Adrian desperately sought help
0:16:31 > 0:16:36from friend Terry, asking him to get to the house as quickly as possible.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38This is where I jumped over
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and I jumped down to about four foot of water
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and just went across the drive.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I didn't realise how much water was going past.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I came downstairs, managed to open the door for him.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51By this time what would have been in the house, just above...knee.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54With the emergency services stretched to breaking point,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56June's house had somehow been missed
0:16:56 > 0:17:00and, as the rain continued to fall, the situation became desperate.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04We were on the landing, looking down the stairs, thinking,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08"When is it going to stop? Hopefully that's it."
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And if you looked at the window here,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14it was...almost appeared as if it was just below the window sill.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18As day turned to night, rising water levels all over Cockermouth
0:17:18 > 0:17:20showed no sign of relenting.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Adrian's car that was parked in front
0:17:23 > 0:17:26just all of a sudden just lifted and just went.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30There was no way we'd have got out. There was too much water.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Because their house was built in 18th-century,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34they had no proper foundations
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and so it was extremely vulnerable to the surging floodwaters.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43And then about half past two in the morning,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46there was an almighty bang and the house just shook.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Scared to death.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54The sheer force of the water had destroyed a nearby bridge,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56which smashed into the house. Around the same time,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Adrian's desperation reached breaking point and he dialled 999.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03My wife and a friend of mine
0:18:03 > 0:18:06are stuck in a house in Cockermouth, which is right up on the...
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Realising the situation was critical,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12the RAF search and rescue helicopter was scrambled.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I got a phone call saying the helicopter was coming for us.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And I said, "Yeah, we're getting off. We're going."
0:18:19 > 0:18:21But there was a problem.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Or, to be more accurate, two problems.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26I wasn't going to leave my dogs. I didn't want to leave the dogs.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29With the helicopter approaching, Terry suggested putting Pepper
0:18:29 > 0:18:31and Jonty into suitcases.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34In minutes, he and June, along with their precious cargo,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37were on the roof, waiting to be rescued.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40The daring operation, led by RAF winchman Glenn Holmes,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42was captured by a news crew.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Obviously, there is a certain amount of risk,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47because we were right in
0:18:47 > 0:18:49the middle of town, on a house -
0:18:49 > 0:18:53there isn't a great place to go if anything goes terribly wrong.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54He swung down onto the roof.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57When he'd eye contact with me, I went over to him.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00He said, "Watch what I'm saying." He said, "Lift your arms."
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I lifted my arms. He put the harness on. He said,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07"Keep your arms by your side. Now, just relax and just go with it."
0:19:09 > 0:19:11After 24 hours fretting for their lives,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13the pair were finally rescued.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It hadn't occurred to me until I was in the helicopter that
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I'd gone up on my own, with the dog in the case.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25And I felt a little bit sort of...
0:19:25 > 0:19:29The adrenaline was high. I was trembling.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32June, Terry, Pepper and Jonty were taken to safety.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Dry land. That was the nice feeling.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Come in. Thank you.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42And now, for the first time since their incredible rescue,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45the pair are going to be reunited with Glenn Holmes,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48the RAF man who winched them to safety.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50How are you? Nice to see you. And you.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Hello, Terry. Nice to see you.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58It makes a nice change coming in the front door rather than the roof.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59A nice novelty.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03And some other fortunate rescues want to meet Glenn, too.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Say hello.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09There you go. Hello. Hello. Oh, lots of licks.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11That's a thank you, by the way, in case you don't know.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I'll accept that. But only from the dogs.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Adrian can't wait to take advantage of the dry weather
0:20:17 > 0:20:21and get a snap of the four lucky evacuees and their saviour.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26'It's lovely to have met Glenn finally to be able to say thank you.'
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Smile.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31It is a bit special, isn't it, when you're meeting someone that's
0:20:31 > 0:20:36rescued your wife and one of your best friends from catastrophe?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38In the aftermath of the disaster,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41?4.4 million was spent on improving Cockermouth's flood defence
0:20:41 > 0:20:45system in the hope of preventing such a catastrophe in the future.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56In May 2004, when the plastics factory in Glasgow where
0:20:56 > 0:21:01she worked exploded, Linda Kinnon's life changed forever.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Incredibly, she survived, but she has struggled to come to terms
0:21:04 > 0:21:07with the loss of nine friends and colleagues.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11You feel guilty that you survived and other people died.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17And I know they've got the term for it, survivor's guilt,
0:21:17 > 0:21:18but it doesn't help.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25'And you wonder why you survived and that other person died.'
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I find that one of the hardest things to cope with.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The Scottish firefighter who said Linda from deep beneath the
0:21:33 > 0:21:38rubble, Kevin Smyth, was astonished to discover that she lived.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40When I heard that she had survived,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44it was a great feeling. It was a feeling that,
0:21:44 > 0:21:48in all my years in the fire service, it's
0:21:48 > 0:21:52possibly one of the most rewarding rescues that I've taken part in.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Almost a decade on and Linda's about to meet Kevin
0:21:56 > 0:21:59and another member of the rescue team, Andy Scott.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Great to see you again, Linda.
0:22:03 > 0:22:09I can't find the words to express how grateful I am to him for what he did.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Linda has never watched footage of her rescue.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Unbelievable.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17This part here is where we're trying to tunnel in to get you.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22You're buried round about here. That's you being removed there.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25On a stretcher.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31So, you can see why we didn't think YOU would survive. Yeah.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I think Linda, she's certainly an inspiration to keep going
0:22:36 > 0:22:39when you're in that situation and the drive to survive,
0:22:39 > 0:22:44if you like, and the drive to live. She's certainly an inspection to me.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I don't know how I would cope if I was in that situation.
0:22:47 > 0:22:53I look at that and see all the rubble and everything. I don't know what...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55My guardian angel must have been on duty.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00To put your own life at risk for someone - words aren't enough.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06I'll always appreciate it. OK. And never forget you. Thank you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12For the first time since that fateful day,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14she's returned to the scene of the blast.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The people who were in my rescue team,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22they did put their lives at risk.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I'm only grateful that none of them...
0:23:26 > 0:23:28..had any form of accident.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Linda went to work that day.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33She didn't expect to find herself in any danger whatsoever
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and she found herself trapped underneath the building.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39She is a remarkable woman, you know, that had the drive to keep going.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I had to accept the fact that I didn't die in the accident
0:23:43 > 0:23:49and I owe it to them to get on with my life as best as I possibly can.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55She has been given a second chance and she's determined she's
0:23:55 > 0:23:57going to take every opportunity to maximise that.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02It's been really nice meeting up with him again nearly ten years on.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04It has been really, really nice.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to meet up with them.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12A Government enquiry revealed a corroded gas pipe had leaked
0:24:12 > 0:24:13and caused the explosion.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17It recommended improvements be made to underground pipework.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20But for Linda's nine colleagues who died that day,
0:24:20 > 0:24:21the changes came too late.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35On Good Friday 1982, a requisitioned cruise liner, the Canberra,
0:24:35 > 0:24:38sailed for the Falklands as part of a task force to recapture
0:24:38 > 0:24:41the islands from Argentine invaders.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Among the troops and volunteer civilians was a Royal Marines band.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The band of the Royal Marines Commando Forces,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51we were on board the Canberra for the whole of the Falklands War,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54from when it left to when it went back to Southampton.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58We had a multitude of rolls on board the ship and music was perhaps
0:24:58 > 0:25:01the most important one of them because of the morale.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04As the Canberra neared the South Atlantic, band drummer
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Brian Short decided something extra was needed to ease the tension.
0:25:08 > 0:25:13Martin Dale, the saxophone player, and George Tate, Bruno Brown
0:25:13 > 0:25:16and myself, we formed a jazz quartet so we could go and play
0:25:16 > 0:25:20in the smaller messes around the ship and keep the troops entertained.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22One night, we did a concert
0:25:22 > 0:25:25and all the lads were on their feet cheering and stomping
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and their colonel in charge said,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29"I wish we did let them ashore tonight
0:25:29 > 0:25:30"because it would all be over."
0:25:33 > 0:25:38But, when the troops finally did see action, not all of them came back.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It was a tough time for soldiers and band members alike.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45The burials at sea were very sad and emotive.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Some of the people we were burying were people we knew on the way down,
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Royal Marines.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Somebody said to me, "What did you get out of the Falklands?"
0:25:52 > 0:25:56And I said, "Appreciation of what I'd got back home."
0:25:56 > 0:26:00When the 74 days of conflict ended, the Canberra headed for home.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Many of those on board believe the long return trip was
0:26:03 > 0:26:06an essential part of coming to terms with the trauma of war.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09And the band was a huge part of that.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I think the music helped bring people back together and bring them slowly
0:26:12 > 0:26:17down from a combat environment to something akin to socialising again.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23It's quite reassuring when they come up and they tell you how much
0:26:23 > 0:26:27they appreciated what you did, you know, for them.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29We just thought it was making music.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Today, 30 years on, the band has been brought together again.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Good to see you. George. Bruno.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37We knew there was one missing.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Are you not wearing the wig today then? No.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41As the Canberra neared home,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44TV cameras captured just how important the band had become.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47There's something you that you might be interested in.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Do you remember this? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. There's Martin.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53That's me on clarinet.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56# Oh, when the saints go marching in. #
0:26:58 > 0:27:02We were the pop stars of 1982. That's what people won't realise.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05For years afterwards, there was a much stronger bond, having given them
0:27:05 > 0:27:09all that morale, the Royal Marine commandos appreciated us a lot more.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10We got a lot more support from them.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14And it was to be a commando with his own musical ambitions
0:27:14 > 0:27:15who helped forge that bond.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Good afternoon, gents. Nice to see you again. Hello. Oh, my God.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21During the journey home, Eric Barber was asked to perform
0:27:21 > 0:27:25a song he'd composed about the Canberra's voyage.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Captured on TV, it was to become Royal Marine folklore.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32# Now, here's to you A bit overdue
0:27:32 > 0:27:34# To all the men of Commando 42
0:27:34 > 0:27:37# Blow them, blast them We'll outlast them
0:27:37 > 0:27:40# Shoot them, gun them We'll outrun them... #
0:27:40 > 0:27:43They were the real main backbone of keeping the morale
0:27:43 > 0:27:45up for 42 Commando and the rest of the mark 40s.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47# God save the Queen and have a tot of rum... #
0:27:47 > 0:27:50In our own small way, you know, it helped them
0:27:50 > 0:27:52to do the job that they do so well.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54# Finished, over and done... #
0:27:54 > 0:27:55It's a great feeling when
0:27:55 > 0:27:58you can improve someone's well-being by music.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01# We'll all be proud, as we should
0:28:01 > 0:28:03# That we're members of 42 supporters club
0:28:03 > 0:28:06ALL: # We're members of 42 supporters club! #
0:28:06 > 0:28:07CHEERING
0:28:07 > 0:28:09On board the Canberra, the Royal Marine band enforced
0:28:09 > 0:28:13the importance of music to combat troops, and that legacy lives on.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Today, wherever British troops are sent into harm's way,
0:28:16 > 0:28:17a band goes with them.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52IT ROARS
0:28:53 > 0:28:56The Doctor needs us - you more than anyone.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Bring the carriage! NOW!
0:28:57 > 0:28:59The question is...
0:28:59 > 0:29:01have there been any similar murders?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03The Doctor - what's he doing here?
0:29:03 > 0:29:04There is trouble.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05HORSE WHINNIES