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World Service,04 Feb 1999,4 mins

Enniskillen Bombing

My Century

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Ronnie Hill was headmaster of Enniskillen High School in Northern Ireland. On 7 November, 1987, a bomb, planted by the IRA, went off and Ronnie was trapped under a wall. Eleven people were killed that day and many more were injured. Ronnie slipped into a coma and remained there for the next 13 years. Ronnie's wife Noreen talks about how her Christian faith sustains her. "I could not carry that awful burden of hatred and bitterness."

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