Woman Recalls Meeting With Moammar Gadhafi

Lisa Gibson’s life changed in 1988, when her brother, Kenneth, was killed on board Pan Am Flight 103.

The plane blew up on Dec. 21 over Lockerbie,Scotland, killing 259 people. Libya didn’t fully take responsibility for the bombing until 2003. A year later, Gibson began the nonprofit organization Peace and Prosperity Alliance.

“I couldn’t think of any other way to see my brother’s death not to be in vain,” said Gibson.

She’s traveled to Libya several times since 2004, on a mission of peace.

“If we don’t go to these places and countries, like Libya, and help build bridges of understanding, then we’ll see more acts of terrorism in the future,” Gibson said.

She told KRDO NEWSCHANNEL 13 that her faith has helped her build bridges of hope and believes the most effective way to combat terrorism is love.

The last six months of fighting have caused her to pause, but she has seen the change in Libya.

“In many ways, it’s like Libya had 42 years of tyranny and known nothing different, and I was there in June and what struck me the most, for the first time in all my trips, I saw hope and joy in the heart of the people as they were expressing themselves for the first time,” Gibson said.

She feels her brother’s death is finally getting justice as Moammar Gadhafi’s days of leadership have come to an end.

In 2009, she met face-to-face with Gadhafi.

“He did basically say he was sorry for our loss, although he never took responsibility,” she said.

She now hopes the courts will follow up with justice and bring hope to the people of Libya.