Sister of Omagh victim ‘lives with guilt’ because she survived attack A woman who suffered life-changing injuries in the Omagh bombing has said she lives with guilt because she survived the attack while her sister was killed.
Nicola Marlow told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that she was unable to attend the funeral of her sister Jolene due to her injuries sustained in the 1998 Real IRA attack.
The inquiry last week heard a commemorative statement about 17-year-old Jolene Marlow, who had three younger brothers and a younger sister.
She said: “Not only did I lose my only sister but my parents and brothers lost their first-born daughter and elder sister.
“Following the events of the Omagh bomb I’ve had to live with the guilt of my sister being in the town at that time because I was as well.
