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David McKittrick: Lost Lives (Hardcover, 2004) 5 stars

This is the story of the Northern Ireland troubles told as never before. It is …

  1. February 25, 1973 William Gordon Gallagher, L/Derry city Civilian, Catholic, 9

He died in Altnagelvin Hospital after an IRA landmine exploded as he played in the back garden of his home at Lecnan Gardens on the Creggan estate. A postman who was among the first on the scene. said: 'I saw a young boy crawling along the ground covered in blood. He looked up at me and said. "Help me, mister, I'm hurt." Neighbours and a nurse tried to comfort the child as they waited for an ambulance, a local priest administering the last rites.

— Lost Lives by  (Page 333)