Victims of Jet Crash Honored
Families and friends of 88 people killed when an Alaska Airlines flight crashed into the ocean four years ago gathered on Port Hueneme’s wind-swept beach Saturday afternoon to pray and reminisce about those lost.
About 60 people gathered around a sundial-and-dolphin sculpture commemorating Flight 261. The names of the dead were read, and a bell tolled after each name while family members, many weeping, placed white roses on bronze plaques encircling the memorial.
The Alaska Airlines MD-80 went down near the Channel Islands northwest of Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2000, while en route from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to San Francisco and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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