Refreshing Pod - Lockerbie Remembered

21st December 1988, 19:03:00.

38 minutes after take-off, Pan Am Flight 103, on route from London to New York, explodes at 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland.

259 people on board the flight (243 passengers and 16 crew members) plus 11 people on the ground die as a result of the explosion.

There were victims from 21 different countries.

The Lockerbie Bombing was the biggest terrorist attack against the United States before September 11th 2001. The bomb blast broke the plane into thousands of pieces

that landed in an area covering roughly 850 square miles. To this day, it’s the biggest crime scene in the UK, and the 2nd biggest to take place in Europe.

Questions around the plane bombing, and justice for the 270 people who died as a result of the attack, have continued for the near-four decades since it occurred.

Johnny speaks to Michelle Ciulla Lipkin & Kara Weitz who both lost family members that night.

Michelle & Kara speak in depth sharing memories, love, grief, the vpaf 103 legacy award, the 6 main goals of the organisation. Plus the actions taken (and still needed) to seek the truth about the tragedy and how they keep the memory of all the victims in connection with Pan Am 103 alive.

The interview is filled with love, laughter and above all memories of those lost in the sky, and how the people of Lockerbie showed love and support whilst dealing with their own tragedy, that devastated a small town, and community.

Find out more about the the group of family members and friends of those whose lives ended when a terrorist bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. Copy and paste the link below.

Online: www.victimsofpanamflight103.org

The organisation are committed to seeking the truth about this tragedy and keeping the memory of our loved ones alive.

Watch all episodes of 'The Bombing Of Pan Am 103' on BBC iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029db1/episodes/player

Lorraine Kelly (now a UK household name, but at the time of Lockerbie, Lorraine was a junior reporter for TV-am). Lorraine covered the disaster from the very beginning, and only recently made a return trip to the town. To watch her 2023 documentary 'Return To Lockerbie' meeting residents, and families connected both sides of the Atlantic. You can watch it via ITVX.

https://www.itv.com/watch/return-to-lockerbie-with-lorraine-kelly/10a4931/10a4931a0001

For information on the 2026 trail of Abu Agila Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, click below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2e1rk90v8o

Masud has denied priming the explosive device which brought down Pan Am 103. The trial is set to get under way next April.

Refreshing Podcast season 8, episode 11 in made in memory of all 270 victims lost on the night of December 21st 1988, and continuous strength shown.

We'd like to thank everyone involved in making this podcast possible, both in the USA, and Lockerbie.

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