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Terrorism is seen as a present-day epidemic, but the families of the 270 victims of Pan Am Flight 103 have lived with it for decades. Bound together by tragedy when a bomb ripped the New York-bound 747 jumbo jet into pieces over Lockerbie, Scotland just before Christmas in 1988, the Flight 103 families faced one traumatic injustice after another. From the early days when an unprepared U.S. government left the relatives to fend for themselves against a greedy, once-iconic airline, to the modern era, when the only man convicted of the crime was set free in a backdoor oil deal with Libya’s infamous dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, the families refused to go down without a fight, harnessing the power of the media in their war for truth and justice.
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Terrorism is seen as a present-day epidemic, but the families of the 270 victims of Pan Am Flight 103 have lived with it for decades. Bound together by tragedy when a bomb ripped the New York-bound 747 jumbo jet into pieces over Lockerbie, Scotland just before Christmas in 1988, the Flight 103 families faced one traumatic injustice after another.

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

Thank you so much for uploading this documentary.

[@9Ballr]

Denice O'Neill, age 21, was on Pan Am Flight 103. She lived across the hall from me at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and used to come over and watch TV in the evenings with me and my roommates. She was a pre-med student and was returning to the U.S. after working for two and a half months at a hospital in Nigeria. She was in seat 38K.

[@Lucy-el9mm]

How bitter sweet this comment is🤍

[@user-qp1vt3rb9y]

May her memory be a blessing

[@teague9910]

I lost my Uncle Irving on this flight, he had caught an early flight home and wasn't originally even supposed to be on the flight. He is dearly missed.

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

😕 sorry for your loss

[@MZTHICK76]

So sorry for your loss 😢

[@richardcook6884]

Oh man that's rough. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@MichaelKirbyMusic86]

Sorry for your loss

[@shellyscott4822]

🙏🙏🙏

[@paulorocky]

It’s astonishing that the lessons of Air India 182 in 1985, more than three years before this, had not been heeded.

[@robertmcgowan4149]

As a Scot now a US citizen, I am proud of my fellow Scots. The compassion & humanity shown by the Scots to these grieving families will never be forgotten! We will never forget the passengers of Pan Am Flight 103 or their surviving relatives. The grace & dignity shown by these families is a lesson to us all. Hold tight your loved ones as tomorrow is not promised to anyone. With the utmost gratitude & respect to the makers of this documentary, thank you!

[@erikarabie]

Cringe comment

[@maxmonikac1980]

I agree with many of the comments on this documentary. This tragedy hunts me for decades now. I keep coming back to read NTSB files on the investigation, watch new documentaries and rewatch the older ones. This crime has all of the hunting elements of a human tragedy. The hatery, the terror, the innocent victims going about their lives, the group of young students returning home for Christmas after a fantastic student exchange semester in London, the beautiful, large transatlantic aircraft, Christmas, the legendary Pan Am airlines, the bomb, the lost innocent lives in Lockerbie, the family of two surviving sons who die years later in tragic circumstances, the massive crime scene, the blankets on the grounds, the fires, the tv news, the photos of passengers, the goodness of Scottish people’s hearts then and now decades later is all unprecedented. There have been more terrorism attacks ever since but bombing of the Pan Am will always be remembered as one of the greatest human tragedies of our times.

[@traceynorcross5666]

I have a friend who lives in that area and when I visit will always go over to the cemetery to pay respects at the monolithic memorial to the victims and then up to tundergarth church where the grave diggers hut has been converted in to a shrine if your in the area it’s worth a visit

[@January.]

*haunting

[@January.]

​​@@traceynorcross5666*gravediggers' hut *converted into

[@yuukichan12]

​@January. Seriously, dude...? Read the room.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the passengers and crew of Pan Am Flight 103 and the 11 people on the ground

[@shastacastor]

The people of Lockerbie were such angels. Those of us who remember will never forget your generosity of spirit and kindness. I hope to go there one day.

[@LizaFergison]

This happened on my little girl's birthday, December 21st 1988. A year later, 19/12/89 We flew from South Africa to Heathrow airport in London. We were bussed accross to the "internal" flight waiting area to catch a flight to Ireland. Upon entering the lounge, we were surrounded by men & women, all wearing black mourning clothes. They carried bouquets of red flowers & green foliage, with large black/white photographs hanging. They were the families of Pan Am victims, awaiting their flights to Lockerbie. I spoke to many who shared their stories. It was a very moving time. A woman told me her son had decided to fly home to surprise his family for christmas. They received a call telling them that their son had bern on the Pan Am flight. His body had been found, allowing his family to hold a funeral. Looking at her photograph, he was such a handsome young man. I've never forgotten that.

[@January.]

*had been on

[@vixistixi5279]

My cousin was new in the army & his job was to help clear the area of the crash, he was too young to see what he did & still is haunted by it today.

[@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk]

What really bothers me is the huge amounts of blood money Switzerland is holding in its vaults, knowing much of it comes through the killing of innocent people and the large scale plunder of countries' riches by its dictators. Switzerland is complicit in each and every crime against humanity for the blood money they take so eagerly

[@originalbiscuit8543]

The sculpture garden is amazing.

[@annakaye1629]

It's a disturbing shyt

[@kateskate6960]

​@annakaye1629 How about this? When you have a family member killed by terrorists we'll all judge the way you handle your grief, how's that?

[@tatata1543]

The way the families were treated is beyond disgraceful.

[@zakimtshali8105]

Absolute shame

[@mjfan653]

The tradgedy is, the working class people, who were likely empathetic to their loss, were forced to say “I’m sorry” on the phone, while they were silently living out their own grief over all this. Meanwhile, the panam execs and gov ex’s slept well, knowing they can buy out the problem.

[@tatata1543]

@@mjfan653 I’m reminded of one of the stories at the time was how I the local people, who were dealing with their own trauma, gathered up the belongings of the people who died on the plane which were scattered all over the town and made sure they went to the families of the victims. That’s humanity, the least of them was a far better person than any of those corporate shills.

[@guylawes]

​@@tatata1543 I remember that also! That was amazing!

[@dingodelta]

Not by the Scots though

[@sandyseward522]

My most favorite part of this documentary was the last story told by Alexander's mom. I love every word she spoke. Although I've never known her pain I do want her to know I can feel her pain. R.I.P. Alaxander and all the victims from Pan Am flight 103 attack. God Speed 🙏

[@user-qp1vt3rb9y]

Wow. I never knew how badly the families of the panam victims were treated. And how easily this heinous act of terror could have been prevented 😢

[@lwing77]

Feb 3 2023 Today I finally understood the significance of this horrific event. Kept me up all night. Very well presented and written . Very very SAD. When will our governments learn? These families who lost loved ones, 259 lost lives over what? Life lessons learned. A very important and significant event in history. Thank you for making this video.

[@creativeamerican8811]

It’s 2024. There is far more going on with Lockerbie that we will never know, but the fact people were warned off the flight is the smoking gun. I’ve seen a lot of theories but this doc revealed to me for the first time that the bombing happened just as George Bush Snr was about to take office is also a talking point. Tonnes of American secret service officers were in Lockerbie after the crash looking for something that fell from the plane, yet we never heard from them.

[@sandyseward522]

Plus 11 on the ground!

[@fibrown444]

Another excellent documentary is the recent one by SKY here in the UK (it's on KZbin) on the human side in two parts.

[@annrobertson109]

My uncle and aunt lived metres away from the crash site, they were watching tv (Emmerdale), it had just started. Their dog Tara heard the plane coming down before my relatives. Tara jumped up and ran behind the couch. My relatives ran outside and saw the spinning aircraft coming down over their home. 😢

[@jamiecheslo]

Powerful. A very important reminder of why we must never be soft on terrorism, never make deals with terrorists and hold the state sponsors directly responsible for their proxies. This is the only way the current and ongoing threat will be curtailed. We must honour and never forget the victims of terrorism and never betray their memories in the manner that government leaders have historically done all for the almighty buck. Thank you for sharing this.

[@richardcook6884]

I was 8 when this happened. It was the first news story that I had ever remembered. I was on a flight to London with my mother to go see my aunt. By the time we got to Heathrow, news had already spread about the crash.

[@hildeschmid8400]

This is another part of history we should never forget. The remarks about Quadaffi made me think about what my husband told me about him. My husband said when Qadaffi took over with some backing of the U.S. that we would regret allowing this to happen. How ironic that a 20 year old could see what would happen 20 years in the future.

[@angelabrothers2274]

My Condolences to every Family Member. That Sculpting Garden was DEEP!!!!

[@madelinecollins5966]

I remember the day after. Driving to work with a close friend & she was reading the newspaper & saw the name of an American. Local serviceman and she screams. She went to HS with him & was close to him. She had no idea. I felt her pain in that scream. Can only imagine his family’s pain.

[@MicheleBonsignore]

My heart still goes out to the families of the victims of Pan Am 103. I am a Syracuse Alumni and want them to know their loved ones are still remembered with love 30+ years later. Alex was in my freshman dorm and was a close friend. He was a wonderful person, full of love and light and I am so sorry his family was consistently let down by the government that is supposed to protect us. This documentary does our friends justice. Your loved ones will always be remembered for the wonderful people they were.

[@pamelamays4186]

David White, "Larry Tate" on Bewitched, lost his son on that flight.

[@lsimon343]

So did many

[@krugerfuchs]

Jonathan

[@jamesross1799]

I remember this so clearly. This the bombing of Libya and the faulklands war are the stand out moments of my childhood. I remember I had a really bad cold and I was sitting with my mum that night and the BBC announced that at a few minutes after 7pm an aircraft had crashed onto lockerbie Scotland. I remember the images vividly.

[@hennies9509]

Now answer this, there were South African ministers that were told to cancel their tickets on this flight and to take the next flight. What did certain people know about this flight?

[@Dalec-bq1ns]

The same as the people who were told not to turn up for work on 911?

[@kateskate6960]

This was such a well-made documentary.

[@michaelloos4926]

Thank-You for keeping this alive..! As long as we remember, our loved ones will continue to live in our harts...!

[@chelloandra]

Lockerbie was never forgotten but important it should not be forgotten- took a long time back then to fathom it was terrorism ……. Why that plane why there ? Really it still makes no sense ……. Great docu - profoundly impactful ! It’s a great loss deeply felt and it really comes across - feel so sorry for their loss

[@charlessoutherton8946]

this is the most insightful documentary of those who lost loved ones and the reaction to the terrorists release, just heartbreaking, constantly being stabbed in the back by their own governments, as was said at the end, its the innocent in between who face loss and die, not the ones who are responsible for the cause of the trouble.

[@lisaalane7694]

If you need another reason to dislike Prince Andrew, his comments on this tragedy as well as his relationship with Libya is one.

[@jeffharper9703]

What did he say ?

[@benconway9010]

Well tell us what he said then?

[@semoneg2826]

Ok..what did he say..

[@lisaalane7694]

He told the people of Lockerbie Scotland that this was much worse for Americans and that statistically this was bound to happen at some point. Andrew was linked with Gaddafi /Libya which the bomber was associated with.

[@lsimon343]

I can’t believe one stewardess did survive that drop, but she couldn’t make it till help arrived. Could you imagine being the only person to survive that how her body would’ve looked how her psych would’ve been I just can’t believe she survived the drop.

[@AB-mw8oz]

From my understanding 2 people were believed to have survived, both of them suffered non-lethal injuries, one was a broken leg, and the other I believe was a broken vertebrae. Amazing what shock does to you. Can end you that quickly even if for the most part you're okay

[@clothilde1623]

I remember reading that at least one person was found still strapped to their seat and suspended from the branches of a tree. I think they were found by a farmer out tending to his land. I can only pray that the sheer shock of what happened was enough to protect all the victims from the horror of their fates.

[@robnordal1906]

WOW!!!! I never knew that. Thanks for telling us.

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

​@@AB-mw8oz??? No one survived!

[@AB-mw8oz]

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 Worded it poorly, but survived the fall, dying of hypothermia and shock rather than non lethal wounds

[@ravennevermore853]

Heart breaking, but worth watching so we don't forget. I never realized how drawn out the Libya situation was and how it tied back to the Pan Am bombing.

[@Porka1987]

Had goosebumps the entire time, a very well made and insightful documentary. Thank you!

[@nlm6176]

The U.K. government knew, the airport knew, they all knew. I was on a Pan Am flight the week before ( London to Detroit). Before the flight I was put through one of the most rigorous security checks I had ever experienced. I was full body searched and everything I was carrying was all examined. Keep in mind this is December of 1988. Airports security was very relaxed. I could not understand why they put my husband and myself through this. I had been to Europe many times previously and never experienced anything like this. When I heard flight 103 had crashed I just froze. I knew then that they were aware of the threat. So sad.

[@grf15]

Not what I expected. Horrible event, with awful consequences for the families. An emotional video, that I found hard to watch at times.

[@Ro6entX]

I am not sure how up to date the satellite photo is but big part of the wreckage is sitting in a pile at scrap yard; think it’s called Windleys Salvage. The yard itself is next door to Tattershall Karting Centre. Weird to think it’s been there still even after nearly 36 years.

[@learning.7]

i remember this day. i was a young mum, i broke my heart only few hours from where i live. im a grand mother now. terrorists at it again, praying daily

[@donnaadams5217]

I live near lockerbie . Still remember that night.

[@StephenLuke]

😢💔

[@Nick-fi1mc]

Only 10 minutes in and this is really painful 😣

[@susanjohnson1105]

46:50 Widow is a word from sanskit; vilomah is the word, also from sanskrit, that means a parent who has lost a child however it is not recognized in English dictionaries, the phrase ‘bereaved parent’ is cumbersome.

[@frigginsane]

"The System" has been corrupt for a long, long time. This video further validates my suspicions on why the American government has been so cruel. I'm glad I never learned to drive. Oil companies can go to hell for all I care. I mourn the loss of the lives on Flight 103.

[@marimatsumoto372]

A beautiful video but background music is way too loud.

[@DavidJohnson-jp4mw]

Why do you put the music so loud that I have so much trouble hearing the narrative ????😮

[@jhj42]

As a young kiwi who got to London, I worked as a travel agent - I booked two people on this flight - 😢

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

That’s something one never forgets

[@jimthompson8947]

🌻

[@robnordal1906]

Great Documentary!!!

[@michaelcarpenter3083]

Beautiful documentary

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheBlueHutch]

I missed getting on PanAm Flight 103 by one day. I remember having a terrible feeling telling me NOT to get on that flight, wait another day. Even then? The lack of security 😮was appalling, even for those days. I can remember thinking some people in the passenger waiting area looked so fkn sketchy! Now I know why.

[@davidwicker2248]

this catastrophe...will forever ...be a nail in so many coffins...for awareness of...public safety....and human....care... humanity!.... rest in peace....ye all...and bless the town of Lockerbie!

[@robnordal1906]

What an awesome job of sculpting in the dedication garden for flight 103!!!

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

There's no justice in this world.

[@thepvporg]

An example of how governments and airlines were more interested in profit and revenue than the people that use and provide these companies and governments with their power base. Your government expects you to stand up and fight for them but the bottom line is that the roles are not reversed, they will kowtow to wherever the money comes from even if its from a sworn enemy.

[@BarbaraJoanneBJ]

Thanks for the upload, but the music makes it nearly unwatchable. Will someone explain to me why this - the awful music overlay - is a problem with so many docs on KZbin. Is it to evade copyright?

[@urielpolak9949]

Thank you. I never knew

[@mindy6691]

I was 22 years old. When this happened I live in the United States. I was living in San Francisco young kid working at Maisie and I heard that and I just felt like these are people that are my age group just getting out of college figuring it all out had they lived they’d be parents definitely or maybe grandparents, what a loss these bright 270 people plus the 11 on the ground it’s just heartbreaking. At least they did something. I know that doesn’t bring it back but the money will help. I’m so sorry for your loss truly

[@mynamedoesntmatter8652]

I remember this very well. Look at the way the people of Scotland came together, and see what they did for the families of all those lost in that terrorist bombing. Would my government, the US, have allowed any group of people to launder and iron the clothing and carefully pack it before sending it on to the families? The people of Scotland, my own forefathers before coming to America, behaved solemnly, kindly, and in a very caring manner towards their fellow humans, even in their grief. Especially in their grief. But my government ignored everything until the victims’ families marched and demanded that everything be done about this terrorist act. My country, my government, and that airline were all too eager to sweep this incident under the rug. Money. It was all about money and government secrecy. The shame should be more than people would stand to bear. It’s not. That shame will bear only more of the same, just as we see what’s going on now. One day this country will fall. All that will be left is the evil that has grown increasingly over the short decades of just my long life. One is a part of it, or one removes oneself through the living Jesus Christ. Edit: Few people realize that also on that plane was Chuck McKee who was at his Beirut CIA post. Bob Baer wrote a short bit in chapter twelve, page 132 in his excellent book, ‘See No Evil.’ It’s prudent to realize that as nasty and underhanded as our government’s alphabet institutions are, there are truly good men within whose only purpose is duty bound to serve our country honestly and decently, though they fight internal beasts within the very framework of their positions. They go in blind, wrapped in an American flag with the best intent to change the wrongs, never believing they’ll lose that battle. They may be few, they may be unsung (and actually they are, as most everyone lumps all members under one canopy) but they are there, at least until the beasts within won’t allow those few good men to serve the way they believe. They are forced to conform or forced out. They leave dejected and torn, as belittled by their government as the rest of the common people holding no power. I could urge people to think of this but also realize that too much time has passed where those few good are even fewer, a minuscule number among the beasts who run things. Reading comments from most documentaries is indicative of the mindset of the uneducated masses. We live in perilous times that are deescalating at a furious pace. Look at the government we’ve had since after WWII. Well, those who are old enough and those few who read comprehensively enough to understand. Most people never read history at all. They feed on tiny sound bites and are keen to tell everyone else that they know everything. They know nothing, and they are the majority.

[@slagarcrue85]

This was the second Pam a plane that was bombed. air Indiana in 1985 was the first one that was bomb Pam am a the airports were supposed to have had stricter security measures because of it. Why they didn’t mention that fact more directly puzzle me thank jezz we had the May Day episode to fill in those details.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Wow also thanks for saying that 11:06 yes the town took all the victims too there heart ..

[@desdicadoric]

I was driving from a place called Innerleithen not far away on the night and remember it well

[@gunston999]

Alexander..such a good looking boy..I’m sure he would have been a very prosperous and successful guy.

[@TurnToPaigee394]

There’s no way I can watch this with the piano music unfortunately. It’s all I can focus on and can’t hear at all what the people are saying😣😣

[@X737_]

Piano??? 😂

[@MaheshWalatara]

This was the beginning of the end of PAN AM.

[@semoneg2826]

Hummm??

[@hildeschmid8400]

Yes, it was. There are a lot of "if onlys," but this was the trigger.

[@Jxnkzzzzz]

The piano music is too loud and distracting

[@Yamenallouhispencer]

That’s really hard big love for all the victims and their family members ❤❤

[@KironManuelCards]

there was a local flight named 103 A flying inside Libya that was shot down too.Anyway justice was done.We all feel the hurt and victory.

[@sandygreen3035]

Music too intrusive and ruined the solemnity of the documentary 😞

[@kimthomas8717]

This is beyond sad , what an awful way USA handled all of it omg Rest in peace to all who were lost

[@E-Kat]

The very minute a person starts talking, someone has decided to play music in the background!!! Why would anyone want to sabotage this documentary? What has this music to do with the content of this program? How completely inappropriate and devoid of empathy!!!!!!👎

[@michaelciccone2194]

Enough of the annoying background music!

[@bohg9999]

It has always been about the oil and money. It has been like that from then till now.

[@robertknight5429]

What has this to do with Gadaffi?

[@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098]

He later admitted involvement.

[@robertknight5429]

@@sirbarringtonwomblembe4098 only when he wanted to butter up Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. That was generally believed to be a diplomatic move.

[@matthewhahn1132]

So sad

[@BlytheWorld1972]

I like live than an hour from the town i have been there a few times is a beautiful place with many tributes to our American friends. i have sat and had my lunch in the gardens .. a restful place filled with love .

[@jamesross1799]

I will never forget the morning in 1986 when the BBC announced that the USA had bombed Libya from UK airfields. She said " that's it they will make us pay for this " and how right she was .

[@MPZambrano1977]

Exactly, violence breeds violence, and it struck me that the three sets of parents of American victims, who spoke the most in this documentary, never even considered the pain that so many Libyans must have endured, through loss of their loved ones, due to the bombardment inflicted by USA. They obviously felt that compassion should only be reserved for them, hence they were scathing about the Scottish authorities when they decided to free the alleged bomber of the Panam flight, on humanitarian grounds due to his terminal illness. Gaddafi's daughter was killed as a result of the USA bombing raids, and the alleged bomber died protesting his innocence.

[@creativeamerican8811]

@@MPZambrano1977Why would the parents show any remorse to Libyans because of the American Governments clandestine actions. They literally had nothing to do with the American government bonbing Libya nor do they have anything to do with the Libyans who got bombed; as tragic as that also is. Mental to expect the victims parents to feel anything but pain.

[@MPZambrano1977]

@@creativeamerican8811 I never stated that the parents should show remorse for the actions of the American government. I stated that the parents obviously felt that compassion should not be exercised against the dying man in the Scottish prison, (because that is exactly what they said in the documentary), as if all compassion should only be reserved for them, the parents of the victims of the Panam bombing. As if the Libyan attack had happened in a vacuum, which it did not..... Remorse is TOTALLY different to compassion and empathy. And furthermore, their anger and frustration about the release of the Libyan prisoner by the Scottish authorities, only increased their own pain.

[@familygash7500]

So afterwards, why did we wait over two decades to get rid of that dictator?

[@catherinelee3298]

It s amazing they let that guy out of prison.

[@kirstenwright3755]

Omg I remember this. Awful x

[@chem3066]

It hurts me to think the United States didn’t care

[@andycavanaugh1219]

Yeah it’s crazy. Like why didn’t they send the F.B.I. To investigate and stop them????

[@prevost8686]

@@andycavanaugh1219Because the FBI is too busy spying on and intimidating the citizens of the United States to occupy themselves with anything else.

[@zaclindimitrievic9773]

Yes shameful that the gov't didn't inform the victim's families whom 6:51 died on flight PanAm 103.

[@theotherwayofstopping4717]

Nowadays Scotland's first minister might as well be Gaddafi himself.

[@naveengaur1204]

Air India Flight AI182 "Emperor Kanishka" was bombed on 23rd June 1985 over the Atlantic Ocean leading to 329 innocent lives lost.

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

Before you get on a flight, you should be given a hard dollar value (legally binding in writing) that they will pay if you die. If you don't like it, fly with someone else who offers more.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

what about United Airlines Flight 93 documentary

[@RindaJane]

I watched several on Flight 93. Heroes on that flight. They gave their lives to possibly save 100s more. Nothing more selfless than this... Great comment on a day we will never forget... May all the innocent people on flight 93 Rest in Peace ✝️ 🙏 ✝️

[@richardcochrane1966]

Some small points.....The suitcase containing the bomb was placed on PanAm 103 either in Germany or the UK - one small problem - for the man convicted of the crime to be guilty, it would have to have been placed on a feeder flight from Malta, as al-Megrahi was proven NEVER to have entered either Germany or the UK - had the case been put on with the rest of the luggage, PanAm would have a record of an unattended bag, and if it had replaced a removed case, they would have a record of a missing bag - they had neither....every bag was accounted for, no more, no less - The bomb had to be placed on the plane in Frankfurt at the earliest - again, a place the convicted man was proven never to have visited. During the "trial" (I use sarcastic quote marks), the prosecution stated that the timer for the bomb was used only by Libya - this was a LIE, and the prosecution knew it - the timers were also used by the East German Stasi, and the security forces of the re-unified Germany. The eye witness who identified al-Megrahi initially described a man several inches shorter and at least a decade older, only IDing al-Megrahi after receiving a 7 figure reward from US Intelligence Services.... The most vocal member for the UK families, Dr Jim Swire, visited al-Megrahi in prison - to apologise to him as he knew him to be innocent.....al-Megrahi's appeals procedure only ended when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and he was visited by a UK Govt. official, who told him that if he continued his appeals, they would stall the proceedings until he died in jail, while if he gave up, his release on "compassionate grounds" (sarcactic marks again) would be arranged. This was not the first time Libyans had been framed by the UK Govt - after the shooting of WPC Yvonne Fletcher, supposedly by a gunman from the Libyan Embassy, ballistics confirmed that, due to the angle of entry of the fatal shot, she must have been shot from a 5th floor window - the Libyan Embassy only had THREE floors - the only 5th floor on ANY building in the vicinity at the time was occupied by UK intelligence services....but why let facts get in the way of a good anti-Arab rant?

[@donnaamos693]

I had a great deal of difficulty hearing any talking or narrative , when the 'loud portions if the music is played"!

[@gavbr210]

I don't dream about her as much as I used too. I don't like not dreaming about her, that's not a good thing..... I think this is the most heartbreaking sentence I have ever heard.

[@taelorwatson9822]

I'm sorry for your loss. I wish I could see my love in my dreams every night

[@adhirajsinha5895]

This and then Deepwater Horizons, BP is complicit in so many crimes.

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

There should be a universal law that you get 17 years jail for each life taken. That seems fair to me.

[@kirstydee7345]

Can't watch this because of distracting background piano playing, too loud. Why do doco makers plaster a story with this when we want to hear the speakers of the story , I had to switch off

[@dirtyharrydefeatsislamblmt6900]

TEMPLAR KNIGHTS🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kimthomas8717]

I’m Sorry but that back ground piano is very loud , can hardly hear the show & people talking in the film . Ugh

[@patihernandez9580]

😢🌷🌷🌷💔💔💔

[@Ulyssestnt]

And nothing bad ever happened involving airliners ever again.

[@michaelmurphy8332]

The son of actor David White, who played Larry Tate on Bewitched, was one of those killed.

[@annetteslife]

I wonder what percentage if any did Ramsey Yousef and or Bin Laden had anything to do with PanAm 103, and if Air India 182 was taken more seriously would this have prevented the bombing over Lockerbie?

[@rubytuesday5446]

Ya then we sent a missile into his house and showed him my friend died on that day on that plane

[@FreeDocumentaryHistory]

it’s such a senseless way to go. So sorry for the loss of your friend

[@TheSnowmanBKK]

Shocking story of treachery and sadness , but mostly a tale of shameful behavior by the politicians.

[@wahwahworld-hr8to]

I live in essex uk and if you mention lockerbie to anyone old enough to remember they can tell you all about it and where they was and what they were doing, it was a massive tragedy in a small country just days away from christmas, it put a sadness over that christmas and i beleive the victims of lockerbie was in a lot of prays for some time here in the uk. Lockerbie will never be forgotten for those that sat before the tv in total shock that this happened here, just thought the families should know. ❤ Also its revolting that uk government did a deal with k-daffy duck with bp but iv also learned that bp is now owned by mostly wealthy Americans, the UK people were totally against the release 😢

[@rossmcclure5618]

I watched the first 8minutes and realized, like most of our problems, the government dropped the ball.

[@marilynvallance]

Why do you have the music so loud. It’s quite disrespectful.

[@fowleheidi482]

RIP Sarah Phillips😥