What About You - Josephine McAteer

This is a story of enormous tragedy and great hope. Josephine Mc Ateer is the daughter of  56 year old Gabriel Wiggins who was shot dead in Belfast by loyalist gunmen in 1976.  The father of 14 was brutally murdered when he responded to a knock at his front door.  Listen to Josephine's story of how she and her family coped in the immediate aftermath of this tragedy.  After leaving Belfast to start a new life in a County Down village, Josephine faced further heartache when she lost her son Gerard in 2003 and 6 years later, lost her son Michael. In this episode, Josephine shares her remarkable story and discusses the coping mechanisms she developed.