HUSBAND SAW WIFE LYING DEAD LIKE A DOLL
Husband saw wife lying dead 'like a doll'
THE husband of Philomena Skelton, who was murdered in the Omagh bombing, said yesterday: "I will never forget it as long as I live."
Kevin Skelton said he saw his wife lying face down in the rubble "like a raggy doll".
"I reached down to her arm to see if I could get a pulse and I could get no pulse. I knew instantly she was dead."
Speaking to RTE, Mr Skelton told how he also feared for his daughters, particularly after police warned there may be another bomb.
"Tracy, my second daughter was knelt down over her mother, trying to find her pulse - a girl of 15 years of age.
"But there was no sign of Shauna. It was an hour and a half later before I knew what had happened to Shauna. She was in the hospital...she had been behind her mother when the bomb went off and someone had whipped her away. Paula, my other daughter, I found her about an hour after.
"She had been up the street with her boyfriend ... if the bomb had gone off about five seconds later she would've been killed."
He described the terrible scenes he saw.
"The carnage that was on that street was unbelievable - bodies washing down the street. I will never forget it as long as I live, if you lived to be 1,000 you couldn't get it out of your mind.
"My wee daughter, Shauna, she's down in Derry hospital with her mouth all wired...she has to get plastic surgery on her neck. She's going to be scarred for life, her such a lovely youngster.
"The bastards that done that, they call themselves Irish men. Words wouldn't explain what them boys are.
"How much more have we to suffer? We've suffered for 30 years. It's time to stop it. Say a prayer for us."
THE husband of Philomena Skelton, who was murdered in the Omagh bombing, said yesterday: "I will never forget it as long as I live."
Kevin Skelton said he saw his wife lying face down in the rubble "like a raggy doll".
"I reached down to her arm to see if I could get a pulse and I could get no pulse. I knew instantly she was dead."
Speaking to RTE, Mr Skelton told how he also feared for his daughters, particularly after police warned there may be another bomb.
"Tracy, my second daughter was knelt down over her mother, trying to find her pulse - a girl of 15 years of age.
"But there was no sign of Shauna. It was an hour and a half later before I knew what had happened to Shauna. She was in the hospital...she had been behind her mother when the bomb went off and someone had whipped her away. Paula, my other daughter, I found her about an hour after.
"She had been up the street with her boyfriend ... if the bomb had gone off about five seconds later she would've been killed."
He described the terrible scenes he saw.
"The carnage that was on that street was unbelievable - bodies washing down the street. I will never forget it as long as I live, if you lived to be 1,000 you couldn't get it out of your mind.
"My wee daughter, Shauna, she's down in Derry hospital with her mouth all wired...she has to get plastic surgery on her neck. She's going to be scarred for life, her such a lovely youngster.
"The bastards that done that, they call themselves Irish men. Words wouldn't explain what them boys are.
"How much more have we to suffer? We've suffered for 30 years. It's time to stop it. Say a prayer for us."
Further Information
Publisher: NEWS LETTER
Ref: NL/048
Published Date: 18-Aug-98
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