Remembering Lockerbie

Saturday December 21

Twenty-five years ago today, all 259 people on-board Pan Am Flight 103 were killed when the Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie.  Eleven people on the ground also lost their lives.

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Reverend Lorna Hood, will take part in a service at Westminster Abbey remembering the victims and their families tonight. The service begins at 6.45pm.

Mrs Hood said: “It is difficult to believe that 25 years have passed since that awful night when so many innocent lives were lost and a town in Scotland would be forever associated with one of the worst terrorist attacks in recent history.

“I remember so clearly the devastation of the town and the grief and sorrow of relatives who journeyed across the Atlantic to see the spot where their loved ones died.

“For weeks after, rescue workers, police, members of the forces and civilians worked tirelessly to recover as much evidence as possible from the wreckage and to this day live with difficult memories of that time.

“I am honoured to represent the Church of Scotland and take part in this memorial service at Westminster Abbey. I know that for many there are unanswered questions and a continuing search for truth but this is a time to remember the 270 innocent lives cut short and the families here in Scotland and the USA living with that loss.

“It is also a time for us to pray for a world where we can live together in peace, travelling to different parts of our world in confidence and safety, appreciating our differences but rejoicing in all that unites as human beings.”

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