[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2329]
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        HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103

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                         HON. ANN MARIE BUERKLE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 20, 2011

  Ms. BUERKLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the victims of the bombing 
of Pan Am flight 103 and recognize the twenty-third anniversary of the 
tragedy.
  Pan American Airways Flight 103 departed London Heathrow Airport for 
John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City on December 21, 1988. The 
flight would never reach its destination as a bomb exploded on the 
aircraft killing its 259 passengers and crew, along with 11 people on 
the ground in Lockerbie Scotland.
  Among the passengers killed were 189 Americans, including 37 people 
from my own district; a couple from the Town of Clay and 35 Syracuse 
University students returning home from Christmas after a semester 
abroad in London.
  As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season with our loved ones let 
us remember those who can no longer do so because of this senseless act 
of terrorism. Twenty-three years have passed, but nothing can replace 
the loved ones lost in the attack. We must never forget the innocent 
victims who were killed on Flight 103, nor the families that they left 
behind. May we use their memory to remind us to stay vigilant in the 
fight against terrorism and in committing ourselves to creating a safer 
world.

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