Four days before Christmas 1988, a U.S.-flagged Boeing 747 passenger jetliner was flying from London to New York. At 31,000 feet above Lockerbie, Scotland, a bomb exploded aboard Pan Am flight 103, scattering 259 people, its contents, and airplane debris over 845 square miles of serene countryside.

No one dies unless they are forgotten. The multimedia Living Memorial keeps alive the memory of the 270 victims killed in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. They came from 21 countries and ranged from 2 months to 82 years old. On board were 190 Americans. Eleven Lockerbie residents died on the ground.

Ordinary people, united by tragedy, respond with humanitarian and precedent-setting acts.  Some initiate historical changes pushing laws to improve aviation security, get terror victims restitution and enhance flyers’ rights. Their quest to bring all attackers to justice and keep flyers safe continues.