Omagh bomb widow ‘couldn’t accept’ deaths of husband and son
BBC News NI, in OMBHAS
A husband and son who died in the Omar Explosion told the investigation that she drove to find them for many years because she could not accept their death.
Edith WHITE’s 60 -year -old husband Fred and 27 -year -old Bryan went to Counted Tyrone Town on the day of 1998.
The real IRA drove the car bomb to the center of Omagh and killed 29 people, including a twin woman.
Mrs. White is one of the relatives of the victim At the beginning of the public investigation, personal testimony of their losses was given.
Fred and Bryan White just returned from the holidays from the holidays, and asked the photos of their smile on the last day of the trip.
Within 24 hours, they died.
The items are not touched
Mrs. White said, “I just don’t accept them. I don’t understand why they must be murdered.”
“In the years after the bomb, I still go to the car to find them, thinking that they must be somewhere.
“Whenever I see a black Ford car, I will see if this is the number of Fred cars.”
She added that she left her own personal items, such as toothbrushes and diaries, and did not touch it for many years after the bomb.
“I often change the sheets in Brian’s bed. But they have never returned home, and silence is still there.”
Mrs. White said she visited their grave twice a day for many years.
She said that for many years, she was angry because “delay and failure” had an answer.
“Without my husband and son, I was lost. I can still imagine Brian on the day of the bomb and tell me that he will come back after a period of time.
“Fred is my rock, I love him deeply.”
Bomb is the “war” to civilians
The son of Michael Gallagher, a candidate, was killed in a bomb. He said that the attack was a declaration of war against the Royal Republican Army to declare war without a wary of civilians.
When his son’s 21 -year -old son Aiden was in an explosive attack, he went to the town to buy jeans.
Mr. Garrat said that the republican group with different political opinions described himself as a “free warrior”, but was far from that.
He said to the investigation: “They are free people, and the victims eventually become free warriors.”
Aiden is a mechanic and fascinated by cars and planes.
Mr. Gragell told “The THE”: “He has a group of very wide friends. I proudly say that we live in a country with many split and paranoia on both sides, but we have never allowed it to penetrate our family. “ask.
“The reason why we choose our friends is because of their inner content, not because of their religion or politics.”
Asked and heard that due to the trouble of North Ireland, the Garrat family had been funeral 14 years ago.
Hugh, the younger brother of Michael Gallagher, was murdered by Ira in 1984.
Four months after the Sign signed by the Jesus Disposal Day in 1998, the Amaig Bomb exploded-a peace agreement aims to end 30 years of violence.
“The first atrocities in peacetime”
Mr. Garrat said that the timing of bombing is “absolutely cruel.”
He said: “People often describe the Amag bomb as the worst trouble, which is actually the first atrocities in the peacetime period.”
Aiden went to the central center of Ogi to buy new jeans. His father said his last sentence: “I will not be very long.”
Michael Gallagher heard the explosion and knew it was a bomb.
After several journey to the town, he was finally taken to the temporary general, where he determined his son’s body.
When the dawn broke, the “biggest attention” of his driving home was how he would tell his family Aiden that he would not go home.
“That’s very painful and difficult. In the end, I really don’t need to say anything.”
“You may feel dead”
During the inquiry, the husband of the Omagh bomb victim Ann McCombe described her as “a great, very very loving person” during the inquiry.
“I think this is why I fall in love and marry her. I think she is the kind I know the most kind, she takes care of everyone.”
When the news broke the news, Stanley McCombe and his son Clive Championship in Scotland’s Pipe Band Championship.
Mr. McCim described their nightmare journey home.
“When we get home on Sunday, you may feel dead in the air … This is a very strange feeling, everything is still the case, you have not heard the dog barking or car, no one cares, everyone has disappeared. “” “
Clive McCombe said that after the bomb, they changed their lives.
He said: “I miss my mother every day. I try my best to make her proud as much as possible.”
“My mother always said,” If you can do it, please treat it well. “
Stanley McCombe also said in a statement that the consequences of the report of Dame Nuala O’Loan were that she found that Omagh bombing can be prevented. This is “Unbearable”.
“This becomes obvious for many families and many of us as a victim.”
He said that this made his desire to ask the public more “resolute”.