Memorial services for Lockerbie on 25th anniversary

[Jimbuna]

Hard to believe it was twenty five years ago

Memorial services are to be held in the UK and the US to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed.

A wreath-laying and church service will be held in the south of Scotland town which was devastated when Pan Am flight 103 was blown from the skies in 1988.

A remembrance service is also being staged at Westminster Abbey in London.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25475663

[BrucePartington]

I was 22 at the time, just entering my adult life. This marked the loss of innocence for me. This comes to mind from time to time.
Along with the obvious pain felt by families who lost their loved ones to a random criminal act, I can't help but thinking of the terror felt on board, if anyone survived the initial explosion.
Despicable, pointless, unnecessary, unfair.

[Tchocky]

I know a chap who was on duty in Shanwick ATC that night, see it going down. Get chills when he tells the story.

[Oberon]

It was a terrible ten months, firstly the disaster at Clapham Junction, then Lockerbie, then Kegworth, then Purley and then Hillsborough.




RIP.

[Jimbuna]

It looks like the relatives of the convicted bomber Megrahi are considering an appeal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-25465662

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

It looks like the relatives of the convicted bomber Megrahi are considering an appeal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...itics-25465662

Most definitely, culprits must be punished, and in a way to set an example.
However, and as I have myself been in the past unjustly accused of wrongdoing (although nothing serious), I cannot be indifferent to a man that goes to his grave claiming to be innocent of a crime he's been accused of and found guilty.
On the other hand, I was never a LEO. Your professional experience puts you in a far better position to form an educated opinion.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by BrucePartington

Most definitely, culprits must be punished, and in a way to set an example.
However, and as I have myself been in the past unjustly accused of wrongdoing (although nothing serious), I cannot be indifferent to a man that goes to his grave claiming to be innocent of a crime he's been accused of and found guilty.
On the other hand, I was never a LEO. Your professional experience puts you in a far better position to form an educated opinion.

Not really tbh....I've not seen transcripts of the trial but only heard and seen what was on the news channels at the time.

[Platapus]

25 years ago. Wow. I had just rotated back from Korea

The years sure do pass.