LESSON FROM GREYSTEEL
Lesson from Greysteel
JIM Moore still recalls vividly the night his father James was gunned down in a hail of bullets together with six other people in the Rising Sun Bar, Greysteel.
That awful event is never far from in his mind but incidents like Saturday's bomb in Omagh brings it back vividly.
Today he said he had no quick-fix solution for the grief being felt by the families of the dead and injured but he said time would help.
"There is very little that anyone can say or do. After that terrible Halloween night here the only thing that kept a lot of us going was the support we got from right across the communities.
"I found it great that people talked about it weeks and even months later. It was a comfort to talk over with friends, what happened.
"Counselling was offered but I didn't take any, I think only one member of the family did. I wanted to deal with it in my own head.
"That is the thing about Omagh, everyone will deal with it in their own way and they should be allowed to do that.
"As years go by I suppose it does get easier but it is still there all the time, even in the back of your mind."
Jim Moore and many people in the Greysteel area took comfort from the unity which emerged within the community in the aftermath of the tragedy.
"Greysteel and Eglinton worked together and people were determined that it wouldn't change good relations. I don't know about Omagh but I hope it will be the same there.
JIM Moore still recalls vividly the night his father James was gunned down in a hail of bullets together with six other people in the Rising Sun Bar, Greysteel.
That awful event is never far from in his mind but incidents like Saturday's bomb in Omagh brings it back vividly.
Today he said he had no quick-fix solution for the grief being felt by the families of the dead and injured but he said time would help.
"There is very little that anyone can say or do. After that terrible Halloween night here the only thing that kept a lot of us going was the support we got from right across the communities.
"I found it great that people talked about it weeks and even months later. It was a comfort to talk over with friends, what happened.
"Counselling was offered but I didn't take any, I think only one member of the family did. I wanted to deal with it in my own head.
"That is the thing about Omagh, everyone will deal with it in their own way and they should be allowed to do that.
"As years go by I suppose it does get easier but it is still there all the time, even in the back of your mind."
Jim Moore and many people in the Greysteel area took comfort from the unity which emerged within the community in the aftermath of the tragedy.
"Greysteel and Eglinton worked together and people were determined that it wouldn't change good relations. I don't know about Omagh but I hope it will be the same there.
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0065
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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