They were miles from home.
Suspended in the sky.
They fell from heaven
No goodbyes.

They came to rest
In lush green pastures
Amongst the sheep
And metal shrapnel

Your hands are covered in their blood.

In echoing the feelings of many of the family and friends of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 at the compassionate release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, Kelly Homan Rodoski, Syracuse University ‘92, said "my heart is absolutely aching today."

The Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc is thankful to Senators Frank R. Lautenberg, John F. Kerry, Edward M. Kennedy, Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy and Kristen Gillibrand for their continued support as can be seen through their letter to Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice of the Scottish Government. The letter expresses their belief that Abdel Basset al-Megrahi should remain in Scotland to complete his sentence. The full letter is attached.

Richard Marquise, a former FBI agent who investigated the bombing, wrote a letter to Lucy Adams at The Herald in response to her article Embarrassment to a nation or an act of compassion?. He shared his letter with the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 as well as allowed The Herald to print it as a letter to the editor.

I have followed your articles on Lockerbie with interest before and after we had the chance to speak a year or so ago. You have generally been fair in your reporting but the article entitled “Embarrassment to a nation or an act of compassion” causes me to want to respond.