BABY GIRL FOR VICTIM OF OMAGH VICTIM
Baby girl for victim of Omagh bombing
Both are 'doing well' in hospital
By PA News
A PREGNANT woman who survived the Omagh bombing atrocity has given birth to a baby girl.
Karen Armstrong and her daughter Lucy, weighing in at 71b 12oz, were "doing well" in Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry.
She was 26 weeks pregnant when she was caught up in the August 15 explosion which left 29 people dead and more than 250 injured. Karen needed hospital treatment for cuts, burns and shrapnel injuries.
Karen (26) from Castle View, Omagh, said: "I was a bit worried, but thankfully everything has turned out just fine.
"I just hoped she would be okay, that she would be healthy and perfect."
Police believe they have identified the team which was responsible for the car bombing. But even though more than 40 people on both sides of the border have been questioned, nobody has been charged.
Karen expects to be released from hospital later this week.
She discovered she was pregnant the day after her mother Jean's funeral in March.
Karen and her partner, Stephen McCrea, later left for a holiday in Grand Canaria.
On their way back to Northern Ireland one of the wheels of the aeroplane exploded, ripping through a wing. The plane eventually crashlanded in Tenerife after two unsuccessful attempts to touch down, according to Karen.
"Then just a few weeks after we came back from our holiday we were shopping in Omagh. We were with Stephen's sister Ann McCrea. My sister Alison worked in the shop near where the bomb had been left, and when she was serving someone the bomb went off.
"I was terrified that for the second time in a few weeks the life of my unborn baby was in danger."
Both are 'doing well' in hospital
By PA News
A PREGNANT woman who survived the Omagh bombing atrocity has given birth to a baby girl.
Karen Armstrong and her daughter Lucy, weighing in at 71b 12oz, were "doing well" in Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry.
She was 26 weeks pregnant when she was caught up in the August 15 explosion which left 29 people dead and more than 250 injured. Karen needed hospital treatment for cuts, burns and shrapnel injuries.
Karen (26) from Castle View, Omagh, said: "I was a bit worried, but thankfully everything has turned out just fine.
"I just hoped she would be okay, that she would be healthy and perfect."
Police believe they have identified the team which was responsible for the car bombing. But even though more than 40 people on both sides of the border have been questioned, nobody has been charged.
Karen expects to be released from hospital later this week.
She discovered she was pregnant the day after her mother Jean's funeral in March.
Karen and her partner, Stephen McCrea, later left for a holiday in Grand Canaria.
On their way back to Northern Ireland one of the wheels of the aeroplane exploded, ripping through a wing. The plane eventually crashlanded in Tenerife after two unsuccessful attempts to touch down, according to Karen.
"Then just a few weeks after we came back from our holiday we were shopping in Omagh. We were with Stephen's sister Ann McCrea. My sister Alison worked in the shop near where the bomb had been left, and when she was serving someone the bomb went off.
"I was terrified that for the second time in a few weeks the life of my unborn baby was in danger."
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Publisher: BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Ref: BT/0533
Published Date: 07-Dec-98
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