Victims of Cable Car Crash Mourned
From Times Wire Reports
As church bells tolled, relatives of 20 skiers held hands in silence a year to the minute after their loved ones perished in a cable car crash caused by a U.S. Marine jet. The 25 relatives stood in a semicircle around the spot where the gondola slammed into the ground, its cable clipped by the low-flying jet. Earlier, a memorial service was held at the Roman Catholic church in the small Alpine town of Cavalese. The court-martial of Capt. Richard Ashby of Mission Viejo, who piloted the plane, begins today.
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