COLORADO SPRINGS — When Lisa Gibson heard that the man responsible for killing her brother was getting out of prison, her reaction was different from many others’.
“I see what is happening as really an act of compassion,” she said. “I know that not everyone agrees with that.”
Gibson’s older brother Ken died in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.
Gibson hopes that the release of Abdel Baset al- Megrahi from a Scottish prison can be a tool for teaching.
“In responding in a compassionate and loving way to someone who’s acted in hate is an amazing shaming thing for people. It really does lump coals of shame on their head,” she said.
She said it’s more than he deserves, but it’s a noble thing to do.
“Ultimately, even if we let him die in prison, it wouldn’t bring our family members back,” she said. “It makes no difference.”
Gibson, author of “Life in Death: A Journey from Terrorism to Triumph,” has created a nonprofit group that travels around the world to promote peace and understanding with the hope that it will end terrorism.
