Lorraine Kelly recalls reporting on Lockerbie bombing
Lorraine Kelly opened up on her recent trip to Scotland, Lockerbie, to recall her reporting on the 1988 terror attack.
Back in December 21 1988, a Boeing 747 left 270 people dead, making it the deadliest terrorist incident to have taken place on British soil.
Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid asked: “It is an important anniversary to mark because I think people have perhaps let it slip from their memory.
“We saw your report there but what we don’t see Lorraine is what else you saw…” to which Lorraine explained: “What else we saw counts as well.
“It was really important for me to go back because I do think people have forgotten it was the worst terrorist atrocity in Europe never mind in the UK.
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“I think people forgot what happened in Lockerbie and I just wanted to go back and, as a community find a little bit of light which we did, but it was surreal, it was like a warzone.”
Detailing what it was like to turn up at the wreckage, Lorraine admitted all she saw was metal over the main road, with their vehicle having punctures.
She admitted: “Very quickly we realised this was huge, this was enormous. And then driving past, it it weird because you know your mind plays tricks on you.
“I remember it took us ages to get there, it was like we trudged through fields but it was very close to the road and there was nobody else there, there was just us.
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“It was utterly surreal and horrific, I must say I have erased a lot of it because you can’t live with those images and I was only reporting on it.
“I was only a reporter then, I wasn’t caught up in it, I wasn’t some of the very very young members of the rescue service that had to go out and retrieve some of the bodies.”
Viewers of the show were in support of Lorraine on their X accounts, formerly known as Twitter, as @KemloSusan said: “Lorraine what a chat you have had this morning, my thoughts are with, will be watching tomorrow night, take care to all of you, my thoughts are with you all.”
@paulyoun1 added: “I remember seeing this on the news at the time, I wouldn’t want to imagine what it was like being there.RIP.”
@TinaMcVey commented: “Well done to Lorraine for bringing light back to the incident. A lot of people have no idea this even happened.” (sic)
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX.
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