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Emrys

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2. My wife and I were visiting my mother in Wales when the bombing happened.

Reply to Duppers (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 08:19 AM

Dec 2022

We passed by Lockerbie on our way back to Scotland. There were restrictions on the motorway at that point as they were still clearing up the aftermath. Nothing really to see, but it was an eerie feeling.

One of my wife's friends was due to be on that flight. My wife went spare trying to find out if she'd been on it, then eventually managed to contact her by phone.

Her friend hadn't been following the news and didn't even know about the bombing. She'd cancelled her flight at the last minute.

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Horrible day is etched in my mind from many reasons... Duppers Dec 2022 #1

My wife and I were visiting my mother in Wales when the bombing happened. Emrys Dec 2022 #2