DETROIT – A bomb left 270 people dead when it exploded aboard the Boeing 747 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland, less than a week before Christmas day in 1988. The attack ultimately was pinned on Libyan intelligence officials.
Michael Jaafar was just 11 years old when his brother Khaled Jaafar, who was 20 at the time, was killed in the bombing.
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"When I heard the news it was just ... it was very tough," Jaafar said. "An 11-year-old is not ready to deal with issues like death."
He said the images of the crash remain embedded in his mind.
The announcement of Moammar Gadhafi's death came as a shock to Jaafar and brought back mixed emotions.
"One thing that went through my mind when I found out that he was killed was that he lived like an animal, and he died like an animal," Jaafar said. "That's pretty fitting. It doesn't take away any pain or make you feel any justice, because (Ghadafi) lived, for the last 20 years or so, you know, in the lap of luxury, but he died the way he was supposed to die."