US woman’s search for son ends in Lockerbie heartbreak

U.S. woman Carol King-Eckersley began looking for the baby she gave up when she was 19 in 2012 only to discover he had been killed in the Lockerbie bombing, a terrorist bombing that brought down a plane going form London to New York. For decades, King-Eckersley refrained from searching for her son, but finally the 65-year old gave in after her husband died. She knew his adoptive name, and while searching for him found his name on a website that listed students who had died in the bombing. She was heartbroken and attended a remembrance service for her son at Syracuse University.

I think this was really tragic. I think when you have a kid, you always share a bond with him or her, even if you’re not together. To find out that your son is dead, even if you never knew him, is just unimaginable. My mom thinks it’s really tragic that she imagined him for so long only to find out that he had been gone the whole time, and I agree. The author had no bias.