Jesse Bluma at Pointe Viven: Honoring the crew and passengers of Pan Am Flight 103

Honoring the Crew and Passengers of Pan Am Flight 103

Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is believed to have ordered the December 21, 1988, bombing of a real life Pan Am airliner. Twenty-three years later Gadhafi was killed by rebels in Libya. During his rule "purification laws" were implemented that ordered amputation of body limbs as punishment. He, his family, and other elites controlled the economy, Libyan natural resources, and companies. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted in connection with the 1988 bombing of the plane over Lockerbie, Scotland died in 2012 at his home in Tripoli, Libya.

The importance of understanding history and humanity is revealed when it is not in put into practice. Hollywood stars from Mickey Rourke, Eva Amurri, Forest Whitaker, Adrien Brody, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Usher have all been on the Gadhafi payroll for movies and private singing events.

Jonathan White

There were many on board Pan Am 103 in 1988, among those an American named Jonathan White. He was the son of actor David White, perhaps best known for his roll on Bewitched.