On 4 December 1979, Edith Hastie and her sons were awoken by the smell and sound of fire in their home in Hull. Someone had poured paraffin through their letterbox and set it alight. Acting quickly, her oldest son Charles – aged just 15 – pushed her out of an upstairs window. There was a big drop, but he knew there was no other chance for her survival. Charles himself stayed inside the inferno to save two of his younger brothers. It was impossible, and all three would perish from their injuries. But, despite the horror of their deaths, the local community was anything but sympathetic.