Grenfell football club honours memory of London tower fire tragedy
By AFP
30 April 2021 |
12:32 pm
Victims and neighbours of Grenfell tower, a London tower block ripped through by a blaze four years ago, have gathered to create a football team, the Grenfell Athletic FC, whose logo represents a dragon protecting the tower. The team is "a cure" for survivors whose mental health he feared for, says coach Rupert Taylor, as well as a way to remember and honour the people who lost their lives in the fire.
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