Pan Am 103

Nine years ago today, 270 people were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard Pan Am Flight #103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Efforts are still underway to extradite the two suspected bombers from Libya. In remembrance of the victims (259 on the plane, and 11 on the ground), today I am posting a poem I wrote back in August of 1989, and asking you to observe a moment of silence in honor of the victims and their families.

When Planes Fall From The Sky
The tears flow from my eyes, as I hear the awful news,
One man is in deep despair, while another man sues.
It happened on a cold windy day, they say it was a bomb,
I keep repeating in my mind, the twenty-third Psalm.

With all of our technology, how could we let this happen?
Was it a simple oversight, did one bomb get by, or ten?
How could a bomb slip by them, aren’t they paid to see?
And why are they so quick to say, “Hey, it wasn’t me!”

Of course I am talking of the bomb, on the Pan Am jet,
They have found the cause, inside a radio it was set.
I feel sorry for the victims, and the people of Lockerbie,
But thank the Lord it did not blow, over the open sea.

What will be done now, to correct this problem in the air?
Before another bomb blows up, and a plane begins to tear.
Is tigher security the answer, to this awful airline plight?
Should we all be strip searched, before each and every flight?

Whatever the answer may be, I hope it comes real fast,
Before another airline jet, becomes a victim of the past.
Every time I hear of this, I think of all who die,
It really makes me worry so, when planes fall from the sky.

If you wish to find out more about the crash, please visit the Pam Am 103 Crash Page or the Lockerbie Memorial Page. That’s all for today. :)