Hillsborough: Families can choose to learn if their loved ones could have survived Families learned for the first time this week that as many as 41 of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the stadium crush might have lived, had the emergency services" response been better. They must now make the difficult decision of choosing whether or not they want to study the new medical evidence uncovered by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which may finally disclose the exact injuries they suffered. Trevor Hicks, the president of the Hillsborough Families Support Group, said in the first instance the families can meet Dr Bill Kirkup, a former Associate Chief Medical Officer who served on the review panel. Mr Hicks, whose daughters Vicky, 15, and Sarah, 19, died in the tragedy, said: "Dr Kirkup has said he will make himself available to any of the families in private. Anybody who feels the need, or thinks they want to know more of the circumstances of how their loved one died, can go and see him in confidence. It's a matter for each and every family to decide, as individuals or with other relatives, whether they meet Dr Kirkup and what they want to know. It's going to be a very emotional journey for them. More detail about all of the victims" deaths is also likely to emerge in fresh public inquests. The original coroner ruled that all those who died suffered fatal injuries within 15 minutes of kick-off, and so no evidence was heard about the chaotic rescue attempts or their individual circumstances. But the review of 450,000 previously classified documents found that as many as 41 fans were either alive after 3.15pm or suffered injuries that were inconsistent with the pathologists" findings. The Attorney General is expected to ask the High Court to set aside the original verdicts of accidental death and order new inquests into the 1989 tragedy.