Memorial Dedicated to TWA Crash Victims
Relatives and friends of the 230 people killed in the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 met on a wind-whipped bluff on Long Island’s south shore to dedicate a permanent memorial to the victims.
The bluff is the nearest point to where the plane went down July 17, 1996. The black granite memorial has a gray wave and 230 gray doves on one side and the names of the victims inscribed on the other.
“It brings back some memories--not easy ones, but the ones I don’t want to forget,” said Burt James, 45, whose 20-year-old niece died in the crash.
The Paris-bound Boeing 747 exploded at 13,700 feet, minutes after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A fuel tank problem was blamed in the crash.
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