The England football manager Roy Hodgson took time out from preparing his side to face Brazil in a Wembley friendly to remember the victims of the Munich air disaster.
Wednesday marked the 55th anniversary of the 1958 tragedy, which killed 23 when a plane carrying Manchester United back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed on take-off following a refuelling stop in Munich.
Among those killed were eight players, including Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor, a trio tipped for glittering careers, while United manager Matt Busby and England great Bobby Charlton survived.
For Hodgson, only a schoolboy at the time, the crash left him devastated.
He says it's important to remember that so many great players, and a footballing generation in Manchester lost their lives.
Alex Ferguson, the current United manager, arrived at Old Trafford in 1986 and became close to fellow Scottish manager Busby.
But long before then Ferguson, like Hodgson, had been affected by a disaster that cost the lives of so many members of a talented young side nicknamed the 'Busby Babes'.
Ten years later, United became the first English club to win the European Cup when Charlton and George Best inspired a 4-1 victory over Benfica in the 1968 final at Wembley.
