Omagh bomb: Secretary of State reflects on "horror" of attack and how far NI has come since 1998
Chris Heaton-Harris spoke exclusively to our Reporter James Gould ahead of the 25th anniversary.
On a summer's day back on Saturday 15 August 1998 in Omagh, Northern Ireland was rocked to the very core.
29 people were killed when a bomb exploded on Omagh's high street.
The dissident republicans of the 'Real IRA' had detonated a 500lb car bomb.
Inaccurate telephone warnings had resulted in people being evacuated directly into the path of the bomb.
Six of the victims were children, another six teenagers and half of those killed under the age of 25.
One victim was seven months pregnant with twins.
Her 18-month-old daughter and her mother were also dead.
Our Reporter James Gould, has been speaking exclusively with the Secretary of State, Chris Heaton-Harris, ahead of the 25th anniversary.
"I knew one of the gentlemen in the army, who was one of the first responders on the day", he said.
"I didn't meet him for two or three years after the event but some of the stories he told, were quite horrific."
Listen and watch below to the full interview.
There has only been one conviction but it was quashed on appeal, with the case against another man facing 29 murder charges collapsing.