{"id":180897,"date":"2024-05-10T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/10\/my-involvement-in-the-event-changed-my-life-forever-herbert-mensah\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:15:06","slug":"my-involvement-in-the-event-changed-my-life-forever-herbert-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/10\/my-involvement-in-the-event-changed-my-life-forever-herbert-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"My involvement in the event changed my life forever \u2013 Herbert Mensah \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0Chief Executive Officer\u00a0Herbert Mensah\u00a0has described the 2001 May 9 disaster as an event that changed his life forever.<\/p>\n<p>The catastrophe unfolded amidst a heated match between longstanding rivals Hearts of Oak and\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions escalated when irate supporters, incensed by a contentious referee decision, resorted to hurling bottles and assorted objects onto the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the escalating chaos, law enforcement authorities resorted to the use of tear gas, exacerbating the already volatile situation. As panic gripped the stadium, the decision was made to seal the gates, unwittingly triggering a catastrophic stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three years since the harrowing events of that fateful day,\u00a0Herbert Mensah, now a prominent figure in Ghanaian sports, released a poignant statement to honor the memory of the lives lost and the enduring scars left by the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving been there and been involved in all that happened has changed my life, and I believe it has changed the lives of all those who were and have been closely involved,\u201d an excerpt said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0Chief Executive Officer\u00a0Herbert Mensah\u00a0has described the 2001 May 9 disaster as an event that changed his life forever. The catastrophe unfolded amidst a heated match between longstanding rivals Hearts of Oak and\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0at the Accra Sports Stadium. Tensions escalated when irate supporters, incensed by a contentious referee decision, resorted to hurling bottles and assorted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My involvement in the event changed my life forever \u2013 Herbert Mensah \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/10\/my-involvement-in-the-event-changed-my-life-forever-herbert-mensah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My involvement in the event changed my life forever \u2013 Herbert Mensah \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former\u00a0Asante Kotoko\u00a0Chief Executive Officer\u00a0Herbert Mensah\u00a0has described the 2001 May 9 disaster as an event that changed his life forever. 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