20 years later, we still recall city’s kindness

THE crash of Air India Flight 182 (20 years ago today) brought my uncle and I, along with so many others, to Cork on a horrible mission on those last, fateful few days of June, 1985.

20 years later, we still recall city’s kindness

My mother, Barsa Kelly, was aboard the downed airplane. The anxiety of not knowing what to expect, combined with our terrible grief, was almost intolerable.

The compassion, sympathy and support that we received from the moment we arrived in Cork somehow made our ordeal more bearable. The people of Cork made us feel as if it was their tragedy as well as ours.

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