story. this is not the last chapter in pan am 103. he and other family members suspect there are people right now in libya, syria and iran who played a part in the bombing. and should be brought to justice. cnn s alison kosik is joining us now. i sat down with one of the victims of the bombing. the flight that went down over lock i lockerbie, scotland, was 29 years old at time. he was working for goldman sachs in london. that s when he was home for the holidays. his family have followed each and every twist of the investigation to bring al megrahi to justice, demanding more information. when they heard the news about al megrahi s death, they had mixed feelings, they said it is a step forward, but the sadness is still there. miss him a lot. good kid. would have been a contributing member to society. i m very sad about that. sad for him. we re hurt, he s gone. all the other people just think, one family, lost five members of a family. unborn children. so sad. boy, tha
years after his release from a scottish prison. al megrahi was let go on compassionate grounds because he had prostate cancer. he was expect to live only a few months. at the time of his release, victims families were outraged after he received a hero s welcome in libya. they believe he was just a small player in the bomb plot. i spoke to a former spokesman for the victims families who lost a brother in the attack. i asked him when he heard about al megrahi s death. i received the phone call about 8:30 this morning. i m pleased he s finally left this earth. it was tempered because of, i was exhilarated when gadhafi was overthrown and killed last year. he was the big fish in ta that story. this is not the last chapter in pan am 103. he and other family members suspect there are people right now in libya, syria and iran who played a part in the bombing. and should be brought to justice. cnn s alison kosik is joining us now. i sat down with one of the victims of the bomb
jamie: we ve been reporting that the rebels in libya are close to declareing a full military victory. there are new concerns about the fate of the only man who was convicted in connection with the 1988 pan am bombing over lockerbie scotland. 259 onboard, all killed. you may remember abdul al-megrahi, granted a compassionate release from a scottish prison, they said he only had three months to live, he was dying from cancer. there were calls to bring him to justice. those are now louder than ever. burt lost his brother in the lockerbie bombing. burden, thank you for joining us. you have been with us before, i appreciate you are here. your brother scott tom rather, 36-years-old. you have not stopped since
hurricane katrina in 2005. i m kelly wright. jamie: i m jamie colby, kelly, good to have you here. and the storms are not letting up. look at what it is like in the wensd of l west end of louisiana. it could dump 20 inches of rain in some areas over the coming days. the pumping station over here is not turned on and people wonder why. the trigger to close the gates, and to operate the pump station, at 17th street canal is lake ponchartrain, 5 feet and predicted to rise to 7. and, we haven t seen that yet and don t predict we will. i don t think it is over yet, so i think it will get worse before it is gets better. jamie: they are worried folks and with good reason and elizabeth prann, is live in biloxi. is it any better today? you have been braving the elements. believe it or not it is a beautiful morning here but that doesn t mean people should be complacent. because we re still in the middle of the storm and we can get those busts of rain, rain clouds, at any
there is a lot going on for a lot of people who say we missed we dodged the bull letsz, a lot of people who didn t dodge any bullets. whoever says that is not listening to the chainsaws humming in connecticut, vermont, new jersey, all the way up and down the northeast coast. i think people thought it would be worse. we re lucky we dodged the bullet. i expected so much worse. nobody in western jersey dodged the bullet when you look at the towns and water still raging. everyone is clear there are still, you know, flood swol len rivers. you might be thinking you re driving like normal but be careful in the northeast. it s dangerous out there. you have lots of bridges closed or out. don t think you dodged it. i strongly disagree with that evaluation which i ve been seeing from a lot of people. ivory towers for those of us in new york to think we dodged. millions of power outages, record flooding, cutting out communities and some of them are far inland. the storm no long