I didn’t even see the news reports about the terrorist attack on Glasgow airport until Sunday morning and a cold shiver ran through my body. Of course, the news has been full of the aborted bombing attempts in London and the whole country was on critical alert but no one even dreamed Glasgow would become a target. They are calling it the first ever terrorist threat against Scotland but as far as I’m concerned, Lockerbie is and always will be the first. Scotland may not have been the target that fateful day but the whole country was profoundly affected by that tragedy and the shockwaves reverberate to this day.

I’m so glad the car never made it into the main terminal on Saturday because the cost of life would’ve been tremendous and a work colleague of mine was flying out to Florida with her family that day. I’m pretty sure the flights for Orlando leave from a different terminal anyway but it just doesn’t bear thinking about what could’ve happened. I’ve no idea if she even made it out to Florida or had to endure a long wait like many others.

I find it totally despicable that two of the suspects are medical doctors - people who are supposed to be dedicated to saving lives instead of taking them. I will never, ever understand the mentality of suicide bombers and what they hope to achieve. I’m sick of living in a world full of fear and hatred.

Apparently, law agencies in the US knew about a possible attack on Glasgow and Prague two weeks ago and started placing air marshals on their flights to these places. Why weren’t we told? So much for the hand of friendship…