Political Quotes

“when Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb, 270 lives, including 189 Americans, were cruelly snuffed out. These numbers included men, women, infants, students, tourists, and business people, and, most importantly, wives, husbands, and children. That tally included 35 Syracuse University students going home to celebrate the holidays with their families and, it also included John Cummock, a vice president of Barcardi Food Co. and a constituent of my congressional district, who left behind a wife and three young children. While these individuals are beyond our power to help, we have today the opportunity to help the surviving families to secure a measure of justice. I would like to share with my colleagues today a letter I just received from Victoria Diaz Cummock, the widow of John Benning Cummock, and president of Families of Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie. Ms. Cummock says: Dear Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen: On December 21, 1988 terrorists killed my husband, John (age 38), along with 269 people aboard Pan Am 103. The bombing of Pan Am 103 was the single largest act of terrorism against Americans in this country's history. More Americans died aboard Pan Am 103 than in Desert Storm or in the Oklahoma City bombing. I was left widowed with three small children, Ashley 3, Matthew 4, and Christopher 6. For over seven years we have waited for our country's help and support.…”