Omagh bomb victim reflects on 25 years since N. Ireland blast
Omagh bomb survivor Kevin Skelton reflects on the 25 years since the blast which claimed the life of his wife Philomena, one of 29 victims of the car bomb planted by the Real IRA in Northern Ireland.
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00:00 I had to go back and they said turn to come out, bang, the bomb would have.
00:14 The one day and Mr G's was sucked out of the street and I walked out after it.
00:20 And I went in through the window, what was left of the window and SDK's and I found
00:26 me now lying face down in the rubble.
00:30 I reached for my arm, I couldn't find nothing.
00:49 It was a good Friday that they make their show when they're done. All I could say is, you've got no practice or nothing else.
00:57 The scenes and the cries of pain and let's be honest, the blood and there was no blue
01:11 blood or green blood, it was all red.
01:16 To me, and they've talked about it afterwards, the years have gone by, what in God's name was it for?
01:26 [Sounds of a door opening and closing]
01:36 [Sounds of a door opening and closing]
01:58 They are still a threat, so there is always that lingering, the fact that we still have
02:03 an armed police force in Northern Ireland, which is unusual, we don't have it routinely
02:07 armed, that is, compared to the Republic of Ireland or other forces in the United Kingdom,
02:11 shows us that continual threat, not just from distance, also from loyalists.
02:15 [Sounds of a car driving by]
02:27 [BLANK_AUDIO]