SAD HOMECOMING FOR DEVESTATED HUSBAND
Sad homecoming for devastated husband
OMAGH Town councillor, Mr. Reuben McKelvey, spoke of how he and others attempted to console the husband and son of one of the victims of the massacre when they were in Scotland.
Mr. McKelvey, like many local people, was in Scotland for the World Pipe Band Championships, when news began to filter through about the explosion.
"We heard shortly after 4pm that there had been a large bomb attack on the centre of Omagh, but we had difficulty getting through to relatives and friends because the phones lines were either down or too busy," he said.
He said they later learned that among the many fatally injured was Anne McCombe, whose husband, Stanley and son, Clive, were in taking part in the championships.
"Both men were devastated, and despite trying to get home at once, they had to wait until Sunday morning. It was a long night," he said.
Mr. McKelvey said he wanted to condemn the bomb attack and said it was a disgrace that people, who did not deserve to be called human beings, could do such a cowardly act as to leave a bomb in the middle of a busy town packed with shoppers.
" I express sympathy to all those families who are bereaved and wish the victims who have been injured as speedy a recovery as possible," he said.
"This was a diabolic and despicable act. It is amazing more people were not killed," he said.
Mr. McKelvey said it was obvious that the work by the medical staff at the County Hospital had saved many lives.
"There would probably have been more dead had it not been for the way all the staff at this hospital and others across the Province, responded to the call of duty," he said.
OMAGH Town councillor, Mr. Reuben McKelvey, spoke of how he and others attempted to console the husband and son of one of the victims of the massacre when they were in Scotland.
Mr. McKelvey, like many local people, was in Scotland for the World Pipe Band Championships, when news began to filter through about the explosion.
"We heard shortly after 4pm that there had been a large bomb attack on the centre of Omagh, but we had difficulty getting through to relatives and friends because the phones lines were either down or too busy," he said.
He said they later learned that among the many fatally injured was Anne McCombe, whose husband, Stanley and son, Clive, were in taking part in the championships.
"Both men were devastated, and despite trying to get home at once, they had to wait until Sunday morning. It was a long night," he said.
Mr. McKelvey said he wanted to condemn the bomb attack and said it was a disgrace that people, who did not deserve to be called human beings, could do such a cowardly act as to leave a bomb in the middle of a busy town packed with shoppers.
" I express sympathy to all those families who are bereaved and wish the victims who have been injured as speedy a recovery as possible," he said.
"This was a diabolic and despicable act. It is amazing more people were not killed," he said.
Mr. McKelvey said it was obvious that the work by the medical staff at the County Hospital had saved many lives.
"There would probably have been more dead had it not been for the way all the staff at this hospital and others across the Province, responded to the call of duty," he said.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/0071
Published Date: 20-Aug-98
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