Working Together For Justice In Scotland

Remembering Lockerbie
Please leave a message in memory of the 270 victims of the Lockerbie Crash and their families from 21 different nations

Twenty years ago, on 20th December 1988 at 7.03pm, flight Pan Am 103 named Clipper Maid of the Seas, exploded and pieces of the plane fell onto the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 residents of Lockerbie.

A total of 270 people,aged from 2 months to 82 years old, from 21 nations died that terrible night.

The Pan Am Flight 103 was 38 minutes into its journey when it was blown up at 31,000 feet.

Professor Robert Black, professor emeritus of Scots Law at Edinburgh University And Dr Hans Koechler have called for a Public Enquiry into the Lockerbie Case.

The families of the victims are still seeking the truth. The families deserve justice.

Residents of Lockerbie who died:

Joanne Flannigan, 10 Kathleen Mary Flannigan, 41 Thomas Brown Flannigan, 44 Dora Henrietta Henry, 56 Maurice Peter Henry, 63 Mary Lancaster, 81 Jean Aitken Murray, 82 John Somerville, 40 Lynsey Ann Somerville,10 Paul Somerville, 13 Rosalind Hanney Somerville, 40 .

Flight Crew who died:

Captain James Bruce MacQuarrie, 55, from Kensington, New Hampshire, USA (10910 flight hours of experience) Captain MacQuarrie had many years experience in flying a 747 for Pan Am. He was an active member of his worker union and participated actively in a series of successive strikes against the company few years earlier. First Officer (co-pilot) Raymond Ronald Wagner, 52, from Pennington, new Jersey, USA (11855 flight hours of experience) Flight engineer Jerry Don Avritt, 46, from Westminster, California, USA (8068 fh/experience) The Pursers: Mary Geraldine Murphy, 51, Twickenham, UK Milutin Velimirovich, 35, Hounslow, UK (US citizen) The Flight Attendants: Elisabeth Nichole Avoyne, 44, Croissy-sur-Seine, France, French Noelle Lydie Berti, 41, Paris, France, French Siv Ulla Engstrom, 51, Windsor, UK, Swedish Stacie Denise Franklin, 20, San Diego, USA Paul Isaac Garret, 41, Napa, USA Elke Etha Kuhne, 43, Hannover, BRD, German Maria Nieves Larracoechea, 39, Madrid, Spain Lilibeth Tobila Macalolooy, 27, Kelsterbach, BRD, Phillipino Jocelyn Reina, 26, Isleworth, UK, American Myra Josephine Royal,30, Hanwell, UK, Dominican Republic Irja Syhnove Skabo, 38, Oslo, Norway, Finnish .
Passenger list of Pan Am 103 who died:

Ahern, John Michael Gerard, 26, Rockville Center, New York. American/ Aicher, Sarah Margaret, 29, London, England. American / Akerstrom, John David, 34, Medina, Ohio. American / Alexander, Ronald Ely, 46, New York City. Swiss/ Ammerman, Thomas Joseph, 36, Old Tappan, New Jersey. American/ Apfelbaum, Martin Lewis, 59, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American/ Asrelsky, Rachel M., 21, New York, NY, American/ Atkinson, William Garretson III, 33, London, American / Atkinson, Judith Ellen, London, American/ Avoyne, Elisabeth Nicole Marie, Crossy Sur Seine, France, French / Avritt, Jerry Don, Westminster, California, American / Bacciochi, Clare Louise (19), Warwickshire, UK, British/ Bainbridge, Harry Michael, 34, Montrose, New York. American / Barclay, Stuart Murrav, 29, Farm Barnard, Vermont .American / Bell, Jean Mary, 44, Windsor, England. British / Benello, Julian MacBain, 25, Brookline, Massachusetts. American/ Bennett, Lawrence RJV, 41, Chelsea, Michigan. American / Bergstrom, Philip, 22, Forest Lake, Minnesota. American./ Berkley, Alistair Davis, 29, London, England. British/ Bernstein. Michael Stuart, 36, Bethesda, Maryland. American/ Berrell, Steven Russell, 2O, Fargo, North Dakota. American./ Bhatia, Surinder Mohan, 51, Los Angeles, California , Indian/ Bissett, Kenneth John, 21, Hartsdale, New York.,American / Boatman-Fuller, DianeAnne, 37, London, England. Ameriean/ Boland, Stephen John, 20, Nashua, New Hampshire. American / Bouckley, Glen, 27, Liverpool, New York. British/ Bouckley, Paula, 29, Liverpool, New York. American/ Boulanger, Nicole Elise. 21, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. American/ Boyer, Francis, 43, Toulosane, France. French/ Bright, Nicholas, 32, Brookline, Massachusetts. American / Browner (Bier), Daniel Solomon, 23, Parod, Israel. Israeli / Brunner, Colleen Renee, 20, Hamburg, New York. ,American / Burman, Timothy Guy, 24, London, England. British/ Buser, Michael Warren, 34, Ridgefieid Park, New Jersey, American/ Buser, Warren Max, 62, Glen Rock, New Jersey, American / Butler, Steven Lee, 35, Denver, Colorado. American / Cadman, William Martin, 32, London, England. British / Caffarone, Fabiana, 28, London, England. Argentinian. / Caffarone, Hernan, 28, London, England. Argentinian / Canady, Valerie, 25, Morgantown, West Virginia. American / Capasso, Cregory, 21, Brooklyn, New York. American / Cardwell, Timothy Michael, 21, Cresco, Pennsylvania. Amcrican / Carlsson, Bernt Wilmar, 50, NeW York city. Swedish / Cawley, Richard Anthony, 43, New York City. American Ciulla, Frank, 45, Park Ridge, New Jersey, American Cohen, Theodora Eugenia, 20, Port Jervis, New York. American Coker, Eric Michael, 20, Mendham, New Jersey, American Coker, Jason Michael, 20, Mendham, New Jersey, American Colasanti, Gary Leonard, 20, Melrose, Massachussets, American Concannon, Bridget, 53, Banbury, England. Irish Concannon, Sean, 16, Banbury, England. Irish Concannon, Thomas, 51, Banbury, England. Irish Corner, Tracey Jane, 17 , Millhouses, England. British Cory, Scott, 20, Old Lyme Court, Connccticut. American Coursey, Willis Larry, 40, San Antonio, Texas. American Coyle, Patricia Mary, 20. Wallingford, Coneccticut. American Cummock, John Binning, 38, Coral Gables, Florida. American Curry, Joseph Patrick, 31, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. American Daniels. William ,Allen, 40, Belle Mead, New Jersey. American Dater, Gretchen Joyce, 20, Ramsey, New Jersey. American Davis, Shannon, 19, Shelton, Connecticut. ,American Della Ripa, Gabriel, 46, Floral Park, New York. Italian Dimauro, Joyce Christine, 39, New York City. American Dinardo, Gianfranca, 26, London, England. Italian Dix, Peter Thomas Stanley, 35, London, England. Irish Dixit, Om. 54, Fairborn, Ohio. Indian Dixit, Shanti, 54, Fairborn, Ohio. Indian Dornstein, David Scott, 25, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American Doyle, Michael Joseph, 30, Voorhees, New Jersey. American Eggleston, Edgar Howard III, 24, Glens Falls, New York. American Ergin, Turhan, 22, West Hartford, Connecticut. American Fisher, Charles Thomas IV, 34, London, England. American Flick, Clayton Lee, 25, Coventry, England. American Flynn, John Patrick, 21, Montville, New Jersey. American Fondiler, Arthur, 33, Wst Amonk, New York. American Fortune, Robrt Gerard, 40, Jackson heights, New York, American Freeman, Paul Matthew Stephen, 25 London, England. Canadian Fuller, James Ralph, 50, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, America Gabor, Ibolya Robertine 79, Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian Gallagher, Amy Beth, 22, Quebec, Canada. American Gannon, Matthew Kevin, 34, San Juan Capistrano, California. American Gareczynnski, Kenneth Raymond, 37 North Brunswick, New Jersey, American Gibson, Kenneth James, 20, Romulus, Michigan American Giebler, William David, 29, London, England. American Gordon, Olive Leonora, 9i, London, England. British Gordon-Gorgaez, Linda Susan, 39, London, England. American Gorgaez, Anne Madelene, 76, Newcastle, Pennsylvania, American Gorgaez, Loretta Anne, 47, Newcastle, Pennsylvania, American Gould, David, 45, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American Guevorgian, Andre Nikolai, 32, Sea Cliff, New York. French Hall, Nieola Jane, 23, Sandton, South Africa, Australian Halsch, Lorraine Frances, 31, Fairport, New York. American Hartunian, Lynne Carol, 21, Schenectady, New York. American Hawkins, Anthony Lacey, 57, Brooklyn, New York. British Herbert, Pamela Elaine, 19, Battle Creek, Michigan, American Hilbert, Rodney Peter. 40, Newton, Pennsvlvania. American Hill, Alfred, 29, Sonthofen, West Germany. West German Hollister, Katherine Augusta, 20, Rego Park, New York. American Hudson, Josephine Lisa, 22, London, England. British Hudson, Melina Kristina, 16, Albany, New York. American Hudson, Sophie Ailette Miriam, 26, Paris, France. French Hunt, Karen Lee, 20, Webster, New York. American (picture left) Hurst, Roger Elwood, 38, Ringwood, New Jersey, American Ivell, Elizabeth Sophie, 19, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England. British Jaafar, Khalid Nazir, 20, Dearborn, Michigan. Lebanese/American Jeck, Robert van Houten, 57. Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, American Jeffreys, Paul Avron, 36, Kingston-upon-Thames, England. British Jeffreys, Rachel, 23, Kingston-upon-Thames, England. British Jermyn, Kathleen Mary, 20, Staten Island, New York. American Johnson, Beth Ann, 21, Greensburg, Pennsylvania. American Johnson, Mary Alice Lincoln, 25, Wayland, Massachusetts. American Johnson, Timothy Baron, 21, Neptune, New Jersey, American Jones, Christopher Andrew, 20, Claverack, New York. American Kelly, Julianne Frances, 20, Dedham, Massachusetts. American Kingham, Jay Joseph. 44, Potomac, Maryland. American Klein, Patricia Ann, 35, Trenton, New Jersey American Kosmowski, Gregory, 40, MiIford, Michigan. American Kulukundis, Minas Christopher, 38, London, England British LaRiviere, Ronald Albert, 33, Alexandria, Virginia. American Leckburg, Robert Milton, 30, Piscataway, New Jersey, American Leyrer, William Chase, 46, Bay Shore, New York. American Lincoln, Wendy Anne, 23, North Adams. Massachusetts American Lowenstein, Alexander Silas, 21, Morristown, New Jersey, American Ludlow, Lloyd David, 41, Macksville, Kansas, American Lurbke, Maria Theresia, 25, Balve Beckum, West Germany, West German McAllister, William John, 26, Sunbury-on-Thames, England, British McCarthy, Daniel Emmet, 31, Brooklyn, New York, American McCollum, Robert Eugene, 61, Wayne, Pennsylvania, American McKee, Charles Dennis, 40, Arlington, Virginia , American McLaughlin, Bernard Joseph. 30, Bristol, England, American Mack, William Edward, 30, New York City American Malicote, Douglas Eugene, 22, Lebanon, Ohio. American Malicote, Wendy Gay, 21, Lebanon, Ohio. American Marek, Elizabeth Lillian, 30, New York City. American Marengo, Louis Anthony, 33, Rochester, Michigan. American (picture left) Martin, Noel George, 27, Clapton, England. American Maslowski, Diane Slaric, 30 , New York City. American Melber, Jane Susan. 27, Middlesex, England. American Merrill, John, 35, Hertfordshire, England. British Miazga, Suzanne Marie, 22 , Marcy, New York. American Miller, Joseph Kenneth, 53, Woodmere, New York. , American Mitchell, Jewel Courtney, 39, Brooklvn, New York. Guyanese Monetti, Richard Paul, 20, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. American Morgan, Jane Ann, 37, London, England. American Morson, Eva Ingeborg, 48, New York Citv. German Mosey, Helga Rachael, 19, Warley, England. British Mulroy, Ingrid Elizabcth, 25, Lund, Sweden. Swedish Mulroy, John, 59, East Northport, New York. Irish Mulroy, Sean Kevin, 25, Lund, Sweden. American Noonan, Karen Elizabeth, 20 , Potomac, Maryland. American O'Connor, Daniel Emmett, 31, Boston, Massachusctts. American O'Neil, M. Denice, 21 Bronx, New York. American Otenasek, Anne Lindsey, 21, Baltimore, Maryland. ,American Owen, Bryony Elise, 1, Bristol, England. British Owen, Gwyneth Yvonne Margaret 29, Bristol, England. British Owens, Laura Abigail. 8, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, American Owens, Martha, 44, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. American Owens, Robert Plack, 45, Cherry Hill, New Jersey . American Owens, Sarah Rebecca, 14, Cherry Hill, New Jersey . American Pagnucco, Robert Italo, 51, South Salem, New York. American Papadopoulos, Christos Michael, 45, Lawrence, New York. Greek/ American Peirce, Peter Raymond, 40, Perrysburg, Ohio. American Pescatore, Michael. 33, Solon, Ohio. American Philipps, Sarah Suzanue Buchanan, 20, Newtonville, Massachusetts. American Phillips, Frederick Sandford, 27, Little Rock, Arkansas. American Pitt, James Andrew Campbell, 24, South Hadley, Massachusetts. American Platt, David, 33, Staten Island, New York. ,American Porter, Walter Leonard, 35, Brooklyn, New York. ,American Posen, Pamela Lynn, 20, Harrison, New York. American Pugh, William, 56, Margate, New Jersey. American Quiguvan, Crisostomo Estrella, 43, London, England. Filipino Ramses, Rajesh Tarsis Priskcl, 35, Leicester, England. Indian Rattan, Anmol, 2, Warren. Michigan. American (Indian) Rattan, Garima, 29, Warren, Michigan.,American(Indian) Rattan, Suruchi, 3, Warren, Michigan. American (Indian) ("The little girl in the red dress...") Reeves, Anita Lynn, 24, Laurel, Maryland. American Rein, Mark Alan, 44 , New York City. American Rencevicz, Diane Marie, 21, Burlington, New Jersey, American Rogers, Louise Ann, 20, Olney, Maryland. American Roller, Edina, 5, Hungary. Hungarian Roller, Janos Gabor, 29, Hungary. Hungarian Roller, Zsuzsanna, 27, Hungary, Hungarian Root, Hanne Maria, 26, Toronto, Canada. Canadian Rosen, Saul Mark, 35, Morris Plains, New Jersey . American Rosenthal, Andrea Victoria, 20, New York Citv. American Rosenthal, Daniel Peter, 20, Staten Island, New York. .American Rubin, Arnaud David, 28, Waterloo, Belgium. Belgian Saraceni, Elyse Jeanne, 20, East London, England. American Saunders, Scott Christopher, 21, Macungie, Pennsylvania. American Saunders, Theresa Elizabeth, 28, Sunbury-on-Thames, England. British Schauble, Johanness Otto, 41, Kappellenweg, West Germany , West German Schlageter, Robert Thomas, 20, Warwick. Rhode Island. American Schultz., Thomas Britton, 20, Ridgefield, Conneccticut. American Scott, Sally Elizabeth, 22, Huntington, New York. British Shapiro, Amy Elizabeth, 21, Stamford, Conneccticut. American Shastri, Mridula, 24, Oxford, England. Indian Sheanshang, Joan, 46, New York City. American Sigal, Irving Stanley, 35, Pennington, New Jersey . American Simpson, Martin Bernard Christopher, 52, Brooklyn, New York. South African Smith, Cynthia Joan, 21, Milton, Massachusctts. American Smith. Ingrid Anita, 31, Berkshire, England. British Smith, James Alvin, 55, New York Citv. American Smith, Mary Edna, 3l, Kalamazoo, Michigan. American Stevenson, Geraldine Anne, 37, Esher, England. British Stevenson, Hannah Louise, 10, Esher, England. British Stevenson, John Charles. 38, Esher, England. British Stevenson, Rachael. 8, Esher, England. British Stinnett, Charlotte Ann, 36, New York City. American Stinnett, Michael Gary, 26, Duncanville, Texas. American Stinnett, Stacey Leanny, 9, Duncanville, Texas. American Stow, James Ralph, 49, York City. American Stratis, Elia G., 43, Montvale, New Jersey . American Swan, Anthony Selwyn, 29, Brooklyn, New York. Trinidadian Swire, Flora Margaret, 24, London, England. British Tager, Marc Alex, 22, London, England. British Tanaka, Hidekazu, 26, London, England. Japanese Teran, Andrew Alexander, 20, New Haven, Conneccticut. British/ Bolivian Thomas, Arva Anthony, 17, Detroit, Michigan. American Thomas, Jonathan Ryan, 2 months, Southfield, Michigan. American Thomas, Lawanda, 21, Southfield, Michigan. American Tobin, Marc; Lawrence,21, North Hempstead, New York. American Trimmer-Smith, David William, 51, New York City. British Tsairis, Alexia Kathryn, 20, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, American Valentino, Barry Joseph, 28, San Francisco, California. American Van Tienhoven, ThomasS Floro, 45, Buenos Aires Argcntina, American Veidany, Asaad Eidi, 46, Great Neck, Néw York. Iranian Vrenios, Nicholas Andreas, 20, Washiligton, D C. American Vulcu, Peter, 21, Alliance, Ohio. Romanian Waido, Janina Jozefa, 61, Chicago, Illinois. Polish Walker, Thomas Edwin, 47, Quincy, Massucilusctts. American Weedon, Kesha, 20, Bronx, New York. American Weston, Jerome Lee, 45, Baldwin, New York. American White, Jonathan, 33, North Hollywood, California. American Williams, Bonnie Leigh, 21, Crown Point, New York. American Williams, Brittany Leigh, 2 months, Crown Point, New York American Williams, Eric Jon, 24, Crown Point, New York. American Williams, Ceorge Waterson, 34, Joppa, Maryland. American Williams, Stephanie Leigh, 1. Crown Point, New York. American Wolfe, Miriam Luby, 20, Severna Park. Maryland. American Woods, Chelsea Marie, 10 months, Willingboro, New Jersey. American Woods, Dedera Lynn, 27, Willingboro, New Jersey. American Woods, Joe Nathan, 28, Willingboro, New Jersey . American Woods, Joe Nathan, Jr., 2, Willingboro, New Jersey . American Wright, Andrew Christopher Gillies, 24, Surrey, England. British Zwynenburg, Mark James, 29, West Nyack, New York. American

Sunday 21 September 2008

Footprints in the Sand

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."