Remembering Lockerbie and Pan Am 103

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It’s hard to believe that it has been 30 years since 259 in the skies and 11 people in the town were killed in the Lockerbie bombing.

270 families and circles of friends who were never the same again, whose losses were heavy and heart-breaking.

As with many major incidents I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing.

News coming out on the radio and an instant appeal for blood donors - then all too soon the news that donors would not be required after all.

Thinking of them all today, including the first responders - official and locals - for what they had to deal with.

I was 16 and a scot living outside Scotland at the time. Remember it well. So very shocking and the amount of time it took to get any kind of true justice (and it could well be argued that still hasn't happened) was ridiculous.

RIP to those lost and comforting blessings sent to those living still affected.

RIP to the bereaved.

Years later I read that John Lydon and his wife missed the plane.

We lost some family friends in this. We saw them the week before and they were so excited about going to America. The girls were the same age as me and my sister then. So much they have missed out on. So unbearably sad. Still think about them regularly. They nearly didn’t find the mum’s body in time for the family funeral, but finally did, in a field, just in time, so they could all be interred together.

I know someone who missed the plane also. He was prevented from boarding. The conversation I had with him went to his grave and will go to mine also.

honey I’m so sorry for the loss of your friends. It’s still so hard to imagine

I was 12. As with other tragedies of the time I have an image that stays with me - for Lockerbie it was the cockpit on the ground.

So sorry for all those who will live with the consequences forever.

for those who died, thinking of their friends and families.

Bit late in the day but thought I’d bump this thread. 32 years ago today. Very sad.
The thought of children on that flight, particularly tragic.
One victim was just two months old, another was 18 months old, so sad seeing seeing the picture.
Although we’re all affected by this awful virus, this makes you realise how precious life really is.