@inbook{10.7249/op180ctrmp.10, ISBN = {9780833041432}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/op180ctrmp.10}, abstract = {The achievements of 9/11 victims’ groups are due in part to the lessons their leaders learned from the victims’ groups that emerged 15 years earlier in response to the Pan Am 103 bombing (Sheehy, 2003). The Pan Am groups were the first effectively organized terrorism victims’ groups in the United States, and they essentially set the stage for those that would later form as a result of the 9/11 attacks. We begin this chapter by describing these groups, focusing on the four formed in the United States. (A fifth was formed in the UK.) At the end of the chapter,}, bookauthor = {Bruce Hoffman and Anna-Britt Kasupski}, booktitle = {The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector}, edition = {2}, pages = {17--26}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Pan Am 103: The Predecessor to 9/11}, year = {2007} }