HUSBAND LIVING THROUGH WORST NIGHTMARE
Husband living through worst nightmare
THE NIGHTMARE that Omagh man, Lawrence Rushe, is going through since the death of his beloved wife Libby, seems like it is never going to end.
Lawrence Rushe said he is not coping with the loss of his wife despite the help from family and friends.
Like so many others who lost their life in the North's worst atrocity, Libby was in her pine furniture shop at the the foot of Market Street when the Real IRA bomb ripped through.
The 55 year old woman from Michael Street in Omagh, had given her daughter who also works for her, a break, when the bomb went off.
Speaking this week, a devastated Lawrence said "I'm not coping. I'm a mess".
Lawrence and Libby were due to celebrate their Ruby anniversary in the year 2000 and he said in all their married life, his wife has been more like a companion and a soul-mate.
"We met when we were 15 and started going out together, by the time we were 18 we were married.
"I've spent all my life with her. We had three children together. There is nobody in this world that knows me like my Libby did. I have lost my soul-mate" said a sobbing Lawrence.
He went on "I keep expecting her to walk down the path and into the house. I can forget for a second and think she's just out shopping and then it all comes flooding back".
Lawrence's friends have rallied round since the bombing, but he said he is living a nightmare which seems to have no ending. He said he is unable to sleep, eat and can't stop shaking.
Amidst his grief, this grieving husband feels an awful anger towards the people who perpetrated Saturday's bomb and said he blames the IRA and Sinn Fein for it and wants to see them suffer forever.
Describing his wife as one of the most, gentle persons he has ever know, Lawrence Rushe says she did not deserve to die in such an awful way.
"She was a lovely, gentle person, always busy, looking after the family and running her own shop. She was very artistic and used to make all our clothes
"She was working on Saturday when the bomb went off. Her shop was very close to the bomb. She had no chance. She would have felt nothing, I hope" said Lawrence.
THE NIGHTMARE that Omagh man, Lawrence Rushe, is going through since the death of his beloved wife Libby, seems like it is never going to end.
Lawrence Rushe said he is not coping with the loss of his wife despite the help from family and friends.
Like so many others who lost their life in the North's worst atrocity, Libby was in her pine furniture shop at the the foot of Market Street when the Real IRA bomb ripped through.
The 55 year old woman from Michael Street in Omagh, had given her daughter who also works for her, a break, when the bomb went off.
Speaking this week, a devastated Lawrence said "I'm not coping. I'm a mess".
Lawrence and Libby were due to celebrate their Ruby anniversary in the year 2000 and he said in all their married life, his wife has been more like a companion and a soul-mate.
"We met when we were 15 and started going out together, by the time we were 18 we were married.
"I've spent all my life with her. We had three children together. There is nobody in this world that knows me like my Libby did. I have lost my soul-mate" said a sobbing Lawrence.
He went on "I keep expecting her to walk down the path and into the house. I can forget for a second and think she's just out shopping and then it all comes flooding back".
Lawrence's friends have rallied round since the bombing, but he said he is living a nightmare which seems to have no ending. He said he is unable to sleep, eat and can't stop shaking.
Amidst his grief, this grieving husband feels an awful anger towards the people who perpetrated Saturday's bomb and said he blames the IRA and Sinn Fein for it and wants to see them suffer forever.
Describing his wife as one of the most, gentle persons he has ever know, Lawrence Rushe says she did not deserve to die in such an awful way.
"She was a lovely, gentle person, always busy, looking after the family and running her own shop. She was very artistic and used to make all our clothes
"She was working on Saturday when the bomb went off. Her shop was very close to the bomb. She had no chance. She would have felt nothing, I hope" said Lawrence.
Further Information
Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0028
Published Date: 20-Aug-98
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