Over 36 years after the tragedy, the bombing of Pan Am 103 has returned to the headlines courtesy of the Sky/Peacock series with Colin Firth (I’ve discussed VPAF 103’s response in an earlier post; the BBC has an interesting discussion about the series, the controversy, and details about the investigation). A second series will debut…
Today, Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 (VPAF 103) released the following statement regarding the recent Peacock series, Lockerbie: A Search For Truth, based on the work of Dr. Jim Swire, father of Flora, a passenger on the flight: We are incredibly frustrated and angry about the content in the series. It does exactly what…
by Rabbi Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Riemer In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them. In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them. In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring, we remember them. In the blueness of…
I’ve been remiss in updating this site recently. My father died this past July, and between eight classes at three colleges and caring for my mother in Honeoye, I’ve had a full plate this fall. Bob and Peggy, if you see this, thank you for the lovely note on dad’s obituary. I sent an email…
Annie Lareau, whose best friend Theo Cohen was on the plane, recounts the evening of the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988. She was an SU student in London who knew many on the plane, and her account is raw, sincere, and more relevant than anything I could write: I scanned the list. My…
Thirty five years ago, I was home in Honeoye after a particularly arduous semester at Nazareth College. I remember December 21, 1988 as an unseasonably warm day, memorable because an act of terrorism thousands of miles away took the lives of 270 people. Decades later, the saga, and the activism of families and friends, continues.…
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the terrorist attack that took 11 lives in the village of Lockerbie, and 259 passengers and crew aboard Pan American Flight 103. While the tragedy continues to haunt families and friends of the victims, the recent arrest of Abu Mas’ud and the potential for justice long delayed and denied…
Reader interested in a detailed history of the investigation into Mas’ud’s role in the bombing would be well-advised to watch Ken Dornstein’s excellent three-part documentary, My Brother’s Bomber, which is available on PBS’ website. The New York Times has an article that provides a good rundown of some of the history is the case.
“There is never closure. You have to find a way to navigate the rest of your life with the effects of whatever tragedy you have had to experience or deal with. I do what my daughter would have wanted for me, and that is to go on with my life as best as I could.”…
Thirty-three years after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the investigation into the attack continues.
The 26 page complaint against Abu Agila Mas’ud, identified as the primary bomb maker in the attack on Pam Am 103, is accessible through this link.
Attorney General William Barr formally announced charges against Abu Agila Mas’ud today.