was it. seeing her like that and all the wires coming out of her and the bags hanging and the blood and all that, it was very, very shocking, taken back, i almost felt sick. what did you think had happened? i thought her truck malfunctioned. we didn t know was it an accident, was it the gas tank, what s going on? i didn t know what exactly had happened. by now though, investigators knew this explosion was no accident, because they found bomb fragments embedded inside connie s truck, making it clear this was an intentional act, a car bomb, which got investigators wondering if it was the work of terrorists. almost immediately when we came on scene, we made a plan of how we wanted to sweep the area. and what we were doing was looking for secondary devices, so we didn t walk into an area and actually get hit by another device of some sort. robert luke of the san diego county sheriff s bomb squad and atf agent matt beals were the lead investigators. they
families. his arraignment in a washington courthouse is a significant step, first step, to address this three decades long miscarriage of justice. the majority of passengers on board the ill fated pan am 103 were mostly americans. 35 of them students at syracuse university returning home for christmas. it took years of pain staking detective work, reconstructing the shattered boeing 747 jet liner, eventually discovering tiny bomb fragments in clothing leading back to malta, and ultimately to two other libyan intelligence agents. one of them was convicted, spent eight years in a scottish jail, released in 2009, suffering from cancer. what i met him two years later,
tiny bomb fragments in clothing, leading back to malta, and ultimately to two other libyan intelligence agents. one of them was convicted, spent eight years in a scottish jail, released in 2009. suffered from cancer. when i met him two years later, he was still protesting his innocence. he died the following year taking his secrets to the grave. the fbi s breakthrough came nearly half a decade later. discovering his testimony given years earlier while in custody in libya on unrelated issues. a near 40-year veteran of libya s intelligence service. he admitted to working with magrahi, said they were praised by moammar gadhafi. the case appearing to place him at the very time and location
knew this explosion was no accident, because they found bomb fragments embedded inside connie s truck, making it clear this was an intentional act, a car bomb, which got investigators wondering if it was the work of terrorists. almost immediately when we came on scene, we made a plan of how we wanted to sweep the area. and what we were doing was looking for secondary devices, so we didn t walk into an area and actually get hit by another device of some sort. robert luke of the san diego county sheriff s bomb squad and atf agent matt beals were the lead investigators. they quickly learned that something about the day care may have made it a target. on that particular day care center, we were aware that there were other law enforcement officials who had their children in that particular home during the day. was it possible someone was out to kill cops and their kids? if so, connie, who always