Syracuse University hosts Remembrance Week for Pan Am 103 victims
Syracuse University hosted a Candle Light Vigil Mass Sunday to honor the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, nearly 29 years ago.
The mass marks the beginning of Remembrance Week on campus.
An inside look at the Remembrance Program
Campus community gathers for candlelight vigil honoring victims of Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
The vigil started at Hendricks Chapel and made its way to the Place of Remembrance in front of the Hall of Languages. About 200 attendees each lit a candle in memory of those who died in the attack.
Remembrance Week panel addresses media coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Panelists reflected on media outlets’ coverage of the Pan Am Flight 103 attack. Pan Am is considered by many to be one of the first terrorist attacks covered in the mass media, panelists said.
How Pan Am Flight 103 shook up some professional fields
As the deadliest terrorist attack on United States citizens before 9/11, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 shook up practices in professional fields including the airline security and public relations industries.
In the Family: Andrew Dorrance shares special connection with sister through Lockerbie Scholarship
Through Andrew and Claire’s Lockerbie Scholar experiences, connections to the Pan Am tragedy have come full-circle for the entire Dorrance family.
Panel discusses narratives surrounding terrorism, types of terrorism
Syracuse University professors and a graduate student shared their thoughts on the meaning of terrorism and resolutions to terrorism issues at a panel held Wednesday.
29 years later: How Lockerbie has moved on from the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
In the 29 years since the disaster, Lockerbie residents like Dorrance and neighbors rebuilt and repaired the damage from the plane crash that catapulted their town into the international spotlight. The bomb wasn’t meant to explode over Lockerbie, said John Gair, a long-time Lockerbie resident and chairman of the Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors’ Centre Trust, differentiating it from the sites of other deadly attacks, like 9/11 and the recent Las Vegas concert shooting.