The following article by Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA Tom Elliott appeared in the Newsletter on 08th November 2012.
"Have you heard what has happened at Enniskillen Cenotaph? There has been a bomb and many people are killed and injured!’ Those were the words of my mother as she arrived home from our morning Church service and Act of Remembrance on Sunday 8th November 1987.
I had been due to take part in the Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen that day but due to a farm accident three days before, this was the first time since joining the Ulster Defence Regiment almost 6 years previously that I hadn’t participated in a Remembrance ceremony.
Following my mother’s information there were frantic phone calls and a continual monitoring of radio and TV for any snippets of news. Many names of friends and relatives rolled from our tongue as we wondered if they could have been present or injured or worse killed.
During the next eight hours as news unfolded, a more accurate picture built up. A picture not just of Enniskillen and its Cenotaph, but also of people - who was there? who had been injured? and who had been killed?
There was a mixture of emotions - confusion, frustration, bitterness and most of all helplessness. I couldn’t stop thinking of those people who had been killed and injured, their families, the doctors and nurses, those who were helping at the scene and those who had directed and carried out this evil act.
I recall the interview with Gordon Wilson whose daughter Marie had been killed in the bomb and who had been injured himself. I particularly remember him say that he forgave those who had murdered his daughter.
While I believe this was a truly courageous act, I clearly recall thinking his actions were something that I could not do. These people hadn’t sought forgiveness and were intent on the murder of innocent people.
It is often forgotten that on the same day as the bomb had exploded in Enniskillen another bomb was discovered. This was at the side of a Fermanagh road where the local Boys Brigade gathered to parade to the nearby village of Tullyhommon for a Remembrance Day event and was intended to cause even more murder and devastation.
Many of the families of those who were murdered and injured at Enniskillen on that day continue to seek justice for that terrible crime. I believe there are individuals who are at the heart of the Northern Ireland government who could help bring forward the information required that would assist with bringing closure to this terrible event for the families concerned. If they are serious about the truth, let alone reconciliation, then now is their chance to step up."