2014 Sara Lewkowicz – “Lockerbie” These photographs are copyright Sara Lewkowicz and are used here by permission. They may not be used elsewhere without her permission. A hill overlooking the town of Lockerbie, Scotland. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. One remaining tree in a wooded area that has been cleared since the bombing. The trees that once stood here were draped with passengers’ personal affects after the bombing. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. Students from Lockerbie practice curling, the unofficial town sport. The ice rink was used as a makeshift morgue after the bombing, as there were too many bodies to bring to the town morgue for autopsies. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. Elma Pringle, one of the washerwomen of Lockerbie. After the bombing, she was one of a number of women who washed, mended, and neatly repacked the personal affects of of the deceased passengers so that their families could claim them. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. After the plane fell from the sky, the hills above Lockerbie were searched day and night for bodies of the victims. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. A view from the inside of the gravedigger’s cottage at Tundergarth Cemetery, where a memorial book and a number of artifacts from those killed in the bombing are kept for visitors to view and meditate on. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. Mollie McCutcheon, 17, the Head Girl at Lockerbie Academy, stands in the fields at Tundergarth Mains, where the nose of Pan Am 103 and man of the victims fell. Alexia Tsaris, in whose memory the Alexia Foundation was created, was found here. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing. This series is a personal meditation on the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103, which was the first case of airline terrorism in the 20th century, an event that served as a pre-cursor, in many ways, for the events of September 11, 2001, and the modern era of the “War on Terrorism.” I undertook the project while studying in London with Syracuse University as the Alexia Scholar. The Alexia Foundation was created in memory of Alexia Tsaris, a Syracuse University student who was killed in the bombing.
