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Hendricks Chapel to Host Dec. 21 Service to Observe Pan Am 103 Anniversary

Thursday, December 9, 2021, By News Staff

UPDATE: Due to current public health guidelines, this event will be held virtually only. Please see below for Zoom link.

The dean and chaplains of Hendricks Chapel will conduct a virtual remembrance service on Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. ET to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on the same date 33 years ago.

Thirty-five students studying through ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Division of International Programs Abroad (ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Abroad) were lost in the tragedy.

The service will include prayers, reflections and a reading of the names of the 35 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students who were lost aboard the flight.

The service will be broadcast live on Zoom. to receive the Zoom link.

The Chaplains’ Council of Hendricks Chapel holds the memorial service each Dec. 21 at 2:03 p.m., the exact time and date of the bombing of Flight 103 in 1988.

A service at the Pan Am 103 memorial cairn at Arlington National Cemetery, organized by the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, will take place simultaneously. Members of the 2021-22 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholar cohorts will be in attendance.

For more information, contact Hendricks Chapel at 315.443.2901 or chapel@syr.edu.