The FBI offers a piece on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Most Americans were awakened to the reality of terrorism on September 11, 2001, but more than a decade earlier, a few days before Christmas in 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, bound to New York from London and carrying mainly U.S. citizens, was blown out of the sky by a terrorist bomb over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Most Americans were awakened to the reality of terrorism on September 11, 2001, but more than a decade earlier, a few days before Christmas in 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, bound to New York from London and carrying mainly U.S. citizens, was blown out of the sky by a terrorist bomb over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie.
In all, 270 souls
perished. On board the aircraft were citizens of 21 countries, including 189
Americans. On the ground, 11 residents of Lockerbie were killed when the
plane’s burning wings plunged into a quiet neighborhood just after dinner.
Mothers and fathers, grandparents, children as young as 2 months old, and
college students returning home from a study abroad program lost their lives in
what was the largest terrorist attack in American history until 9/11.
The bombing, believed
to be carried out by Libyan intelligence officers in retaliation for U.S.
actions against then-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was a transformative
event for the FBI, one that changed the way the Bureau investigates terrorism
and assists victims of crimes.
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