Memoir Byte: The Old Fur Coat in Rome #Terrorism

Memoir Byte- D.G. Kaye goes back into a moment in time 1985 traveling to Rome when#Terorrism strike Da Vince airport in Rome.

A terrifying experience and a tragedy. As a young traveller Debby was without a mobile phone and it was many hours before she could let her family desperately waiting for news that she was safe… Head over to read the post in full

Memoir Byte: The old fur coat in Rome

 

27 December 1985, Rome, Vienna

Four members of the Abu Nidal Organisation attacked an El Al counter at Rome Airport, killing sixteen and injuring sixty-seven people. A similar simultaneous attack at Vienna Airport resulted in two deaths and forty-seven injuries.

Source: https://www.ict.org.il/Article/893/Terrorist-Incidents-against-Jewish-Communities-and-Israeli-Citizens-Abroad-1968-2003#gsc.tab=0

 

 

December 1985 – Pescara, Italy

 

 

 

On the day of the full moon on December 27^th, 1985, I was on an Alitalia flight from my hometown in Toronto headed for Rome.

Source: Memoir Byte: The Old Fur Coat in Rome #Terrorism