Announcing the death of Ayrton Senna

This clip shows the BBC early evening news from Sunday May 1st 1994 breaking the news that Ayrton Senna had been killed during that days San Marino Grand Prix. The presenter is Moira Stuart.

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Sports

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• ayrton
• senna
• death
• san
• marino
• imola
• bbc
• news

[thehitchrules]

Ali, Senna, Rossi. All 3 true mavericks.

There are only 2 sports : boxing and motor-racing.

The rest are merely games .

[thehitchrules]

The film Senna just got the Bafta for best documentarty 2011. Manish Pandey one of the film makers paid tribute to Senna saying , " his fact was greater than his fiction ".

Superb film, great that it got the recognition it deserves and that future generations will be able to learn all about Senna and his legacy .

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[mgblfc]

@superdowg316Videos So true.

[superdowg316Videos]

Senna could do more in 34 Years than any driver could in 100

[mgblfc]

I was 4 years old at the time, have vague memories of senna, extremely vague. I wish I had been of an age to appreciate him when he was still with us as I do now. I am proud to have an art print of him framed on my wall. A tremendous idol and role model.

Seeing Senna (film) in the cinema reduced me to tears, he was taken from this world far too soon. But in 34 years on this planet he left a mark nobody will ever come close to touching.

RIP Ayrton Senna, we all love you forever.

[motanelustelistu]

@nickyrko Yeap:(I was only 4 (Sad too i didn't get,as i did on Sumacher.I practicly "wrestled" my dad for remote cuz i wanna watch F1 and MotoGP and he wanna see the Sunday Afternoon News.I so full o pleasure watch the 1-1:30 Hour of racing.So sad he didn't refused to take part at that race after he saw the Austrian pilot crashing:(But he didn't cuz he wanna to pay tribute to him:(.After medics got him out they had found an Flag that Senna intended to raise in honor of the Ratzelberger

[LGDXJawsdakiller]

@ticklecreek No one forces them to get into this sport, im pretty sure everybody in the boxing world knows what they are doing.

[tanax1973]

God wanted learn to drive.

[thehitchrules]

@ticklecreek I doubt that very much. Too many people practice it and too many people enjoy it on many different levels.

[ticklecreek]

@thehitchrules I'm not missing the point, I simply find nothing courageous or brave about punching someone repeatedly in the head with the sole purpose of damaging their brain enough to render them unconscious...it's just wrong at so many levels. I find it completely indefensible and have no doubt that one day it will either be banned or made obligatory to wear protective head-gear.

[fidan2fast]

@nickyrko same here...

[nickyrko]

i was 3 years old when Senna Died... im sad i didnt get to see him racing :S