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Pan Am 103
« on: 21 December 2018, 17:33:04 »

Thirty years ago today, and not far off the hour...
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #1 on: 21 December 2018, 17:35:38 »

Yep, and I still remember hearing the first reports on the radio as I was driving back to Bristol from working in Cornwall and them saying it was thought a light aircraft had come down on the town.................................... :'( :'( :'( :'(

Poor sods! RIP :'( :'(
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #2 on: 21 December 2018, 17:36:13 »

Thirty years ago today, and not far off the hour...
Yeah.....we heard. Now all we need is for the government to release what it knows.
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #3 on: 21 December 2018, 17:37:15 »

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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #4 on: 21 December 2018, 17:47:51 »

A work colleague was supposed to be on that one, but fortunately arrived at the airport stupidly early, and they put her on an earlier flight that had space. What a lucky escape.

Sadly, cancer got her instead about 4yrs later :(
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #5 on: 21 December 2018, 17:48:44 »

Thirty years ago today, and not far off the hour...
Yeah.....we heard. Now all we need is for the government to release what it knows.

Another twenty yeas to wait if you are lucky.
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #6 on: 21 December 2018, 20:32:57 »

I've been remembering this this evening .
I was living in Lanark at the time and recall it vividly.
As the events unfolded it was very surreal ,with no 24/7 tv reporting it was a case of watching and listening to any news source possible.
The company I worked with did a lot of work for Dumfries  and Galloway Council and were called down after Xmas to work on telemetry systems due to the fact that the main north /south PSTN tel. Line had been moved about 2 feet upon impact and almost severed. We were escorted by the police on every movement to ensure that we didn't witness any disturbing scenes or touch any evidence. It was a dreadful place to be and I'll never forget it.
I knew a a Police Seargent who was drafted in immediatly post event and was given the charge resposibility  of searching a particular grid with  a number of constables.
He was the  genuine heart a soul of any night in our pub but after that event changed dramatically .In the eight years after that that I knew him, he never recovered . PTSD  I guess.
There was a lot of behind the scenes diplomatic skullduggery there that won't be disclosed until we're all long gone.
And the families still have to bear the pain, God love them all.
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #7 on: 22 December 2018, 12:20:44 »

I had a (scary, because when I was young, the Scottish accent was frightening) aunt who like in Lockerbie.  In fact, on one trip to see her was when I tasted cowshit, but that's another story.

Anyway, not heard from her in 30yrs or so...
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #8 on: 22 December 2018, 13:06:11 »

A mate of mine was a first responder with the fire service on duty that night.
I don't think he has been the same since. :(
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #9 on: 22 December 2018, 14:05:25 »

No matter how trained or hardened you are, it's the sort of thing that will leave a lasting impression. It simply is not possible move on from the sights, sounds and smells of such an event. The memories will almost certainly haunt those involved forever :'(
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Re: Pan Am 103
« Reply #10 on: 24 December 2018, 14:17:13 »

No matter how trained or hardened you are, it's the sort of thing that will leave a lasting impression. It simply is not possible move on from the sights, sounds and smells of such an event. The memories will almost certainly haunt those involved forever :'(

In much the same way the many who fought in WWI & WWII wouldn't talk about what happened. I remember as a very young boy asking my favourite great uncle if he had shot a German in WWI. A hush descended as he looked at nothing with a 100 yard stare for 5 to 10 minutes, where I had awakened what he obviously wanted to forget. Instinct told me to never mention WWI to him again where he had fought on The Somme.
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