Lorraine Kelly- After 35 years, the anchor of the morning television show Breakfast reveals that she is still ‘haunted by the stench of aviation fuel’
Lorraine Kelly has stated that she was in denial that the tragedy that occurred in 1988 at Lockerbie left her with PTSD since she believed that the condition was reserved for “soldiers in a war zone.”
Lorraine Kelly: ‘I’ve finally realized Lockerbie left me with PTSD
After the explosion aboard Pan Am Flight 103, which claimed the lives of all 259 people on board as well as 11 individuals on the ground, Kelly was one of the first TV reporters to arrive at the scene.
The presenter, who was 29 years old at the time, stated that she travelled through the town shortly after the catastrophe and saw the horrible aftermath, which included dead bodies.
Nevertheless, in spite of having witnessed the murder and destruction first-hand, she believed that she had moved on from the pictures until 2018, when she experienced a mental breakdown.
“I was merely performing my duties. Nobody I loved was killed, but I still consider it a murder’, she said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph on the disaster, which resulted in the conviction of a Libyan man named Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi in 2001 for putting the bomb aboard the aeroplane.
Kelly explains, “For years, I always said, ‘I do not have the right to this. I do not have the right to have these feelings.'” “Post-traumatic stress disorder is not for me; it is for all of the people who went through the experience of losing loved ones or who were living there at the time.” Or had previously served as a soldier in a conflict zone.”
Lorraine Kelly continued by saying, “I work with Help for Heroes, and so many people in the forces say, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine,’ when in reality, they are not fine.” On the other hand, I am doing well. I was merely providing a report on it. That is not to suggest that I was not severely impacted in any way.
The 63-year-old man travelled back to the town for the ITV documentary titled Return to Lockerbie and observed how residents of the area were faring 35 years after the bombing that took place there.
Lorraine Kelly also expressed her hope that the documentary may encourage individuals who are suffering from PTSD to seek treatment.
According to reports, post-traumatic stress disorder affected around 73 percent of the population of Lockerbie at the time of the tragedy.