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.…
Many, many times through all these years, we’ve been asked about a sense of closure. There’s never really closure. You learn to live with it and you get on with your life with the fond memories, and you hope there is a (life) after this life (and) we will see our daughter again. Robert Hunt…
Due to the Omicron variant and the recent rise in COVID infections in the Syracuse area, Syracuse University will hold today’s memorial service virtually. Those interested in joining via Zoom may register by using the invitation link at the top of the page.
The 2021-22 Remembrance Scholars Are: Elizabeth Acquaah-Harrison • Charlton Massachusetts • College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Samantha Armetta • West Islip, New York • College of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Elizabeth Billman • Berwyn, Pennsylvania • S.I.…
Yesterday, Syracuse University held a virtual memorial service in Hendricks Chapel and the Place of Remembrance. A recording of the service is available on SU’s Remembrance Scholars webpage. The video also includes commemorations traditionally delivered by Remembrance Scholars during the closing ceremony of Remembrance Week and tributes from family, friends, and others.
Syracuse University hosted a beautifully conducted memorial service this afternoon, a recording of which should be available within the next few days. Remembrance Scholars have shared a video of their annual Celebration of Life commemoration, which is available here. Syracuse University posted a video, featuring words and images from across the decades, on Facebook.
Attorney General William Barr formally announced charges against Abu Agila Mas’ud today.
The Wall Street Journal has posted an excellent article detailing the lengthy investigation following the bombing of Pan Am 103. Readers should be aware that the article features several videos of the wreckage taken shortly after the bombing.
Nearly 32 years to the day after 270 people lost their lives in the attack on Pan American Flight 103, the United Stated Justice Department in on the verge of filing charges against Abu Agila Mas’ud. Mas’ud’s link to the bombing was revealed in part through the investigative reporting of Ken Dornstein, whose brother, David,…
The 2020 Remembrance Week at Syracuse University is another casualty of the COVID pandemic, but this year’s scholars will commemorate the lives of those lost on Pan Am 103 in a variety of ways throughout the year. Today, scholars set up the 35 chairs behind the Wall of Remembrance on campus. Several scholars sat in…