FLYING ANGELS; Tears and tributes for the Lockerbie victims.Byline: BY MAGGIE BARRY RELATIVES of the 270 people killed in the Lockerbie bombing gathered on the 20th anniversary of the terror atrocity yesterday. Pan Am flight 103 was blown up over the town on December 21, 1998, claiming the lives of all those on board and 11 people on the ground. A number of "low key" ceremonies were held in the town yesterday, including a wreath laying service at the Dryfesdale Cemetery. A message on one of the floral tributes read: "Twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. have passed since you all left us to become flying angels. Your souls and spirits will always be with each and every one of us." Services were held at the Tundergarth and Dryfesdale churches marking the disaster which happened shortly after 7pm. The Rev Sandy Stoddart told the congregation at Dryfesdale: "I have printed 270 names on the order of service. This is a list of those who died. But it is not a list of the victims, because we can never list all those. Nobody but God knows all the names All the Names (Portuguese: Todos os nomes) is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. It was written in 1997 and published in English in 2000 in an award winning translation by Margaret Jull Costa. on the list." Memorial services were also held at Heathrow and the Arlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy, Gen. John J. outside Washington DC. CAPTION(S): EMOTION Piper yesterday |
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