His grave in Totowais now a shrine for those who want him proclaimed a Roman Catholic saint. * Wolters, Bonnie, 44, of New York City, a bond trader engaged to be married to a judge who was not on the flight but had planned to join her in France next week. * Feeney, Kathleen, New Hyde Park, N.Y. So far, Wetli said he cannot rule out a bomb as the cause, but he said he has found no evidence of one, such as metal and bomb parts trapped in bodies. After it happened she's been kind of melancholy, but every year she gets a little teary. Dozens of people visited the memorial room to remember and reflect- including Maynard Bogard. She fell silent, her eyes reading the now-familiar sentiments of a poem, with this haunting stanza: Like a comet blazing cross the evening sky, gone too soon., Losing Jill was like everything inside me was gone, Ziemkiewicz said. On board were 16 students and five chaperones from Montoursville Area High School in Lycoming County, Pa. "It's like a car smashing into a brick wall at 400 m.p.h.," said Suffolk County Medical Examiner Charles Wetli. Over a door leading to a patio, a plaque said: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. * Lohan, Britta, Barcelona, Spain Damage to portions of the engines may indicate from which direction the fatal explosion that downed the plane came. * Watson, Jill, 32, architect, of Pittsburgh; daughter of ThermoKing president James F. Watson (father was not on the flight) A former TWA flight attendant herself, Lychner was taking her daughters Shannon, 10, and Katie, 8, to France to see the gardens that inspired Claude Monet's paintings (Shannon had just begun to copy the masterpieces at home). Wendy Wolfson) At 8:02 p.m. on July 17, 1996, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 left from John F. Kennedy International Airport bound for Paris. Because the plane was loaded with fuel for the long transatlantic journey, it vaporized within moments, creating a fireball seen almost all along the coastline of Long Island. It's no more emotionally stressful than a doctor who deals every day with childhood leukemia. * Foulon, Didier, France His training was informal, but priceless. The group, which now has 5,000 members in several states, has successfully pushed for laws limiting the early release of prisoners. Not only was TWA 800 one of the worst air disasters in U.S. history, it also raised questions about how America responds to conspiracies, how our government monitors the maintenance of aging commercial jetliners and how we treat relatives of victims. From ancient times, history has been pockmarked withsudden, unexpected tragedy that rips apart the lives of ordinary people. Remains of 15 victims were never found. Photos: TWA Flight 800 With help from the Navy as well as contracted fishing trawlers scouring the ocean floor, investigators were able to recover more than 95% of the The site is secure. * Alex, Christian, France * Hansen, Lars, Groenbakken, Norway The National Transportation Safety Board report of the investigation was applied to correlate individual injuries with seat location and structural damage. The plane, which crashed off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., on July 17, 1996, killing 230 people, is scheduled to be dismantled and moved to a at George Washington University crash reconstruction training facility in Virginia. * Gasq, Clair, France Capital, of Greenwich, Conn. ""I told him yes.'' * Lamour, Yvon, France * Rhoads, Scott, 48, schoolteacher, Bellevue, Wash. (married to Marit Rhoads). * DeLange, Sylvain, Paris The names of 210 victims identified from TWA Flight 800: Aikens-Bellamy, Sandra, New York Aikey, Jessica, Montoursville, Pa. Alex, Christian, France Allen, Otis Lamar, Marietta, Ga. Amlund, Svein, Norway Anderson, Jule, Warson Woods, Mo. * Anderson, J. Edward, 49, financial planner for Allmerica, of Warson Woods, Mo. * Loffredo, Elaine, 50, off-duty TWA employee, of Glastonbury, Conn. But memorial gardens, while comforting, cant erase the scars of losing a daughter. to Patricia Anderson) A statue of an angel stands watch in a memorial for 16 Montoursville High School students and their five chaperones who were killed in 1996 when TWA Flight 800 crashed. Our Transportation Disaster Assistance division and I have connected with representatives of TWA Flight 800 family groups to help ensure families of those who perished on TWA Flight 800 learned of our decision directly from the NTSB before our public announcement, said Bryson. * Verhaeghe, Rick L. , off-duty TWA flight officer, 48, Goldsboro, N.C. Profiles M - Z. (AP Photo/ Ed Betz)ASSOCIATED PRESS. (daughter of Sandra Hazelton) * Scott, Joseph, 13, of Stevenson, Ala. (son of Michael and Barbara Scott). * Grivet, Cyril, senior lab technician at Carnegie Institution lab at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. On those days, when she peruses the boxes with photographs and letters and poems about her daughter, Ziemkiewicz is reminded once again of what might have been. 1996, the FBI opened the hangar Wednesday to reporters and victims families. One dead, two hospitalized after crash in Lackawanna County. * Gustin, Anne, Tampa, Fla. * Hammer, Beverly, 59, of Long Beach, N.Y. (mother of Tracy Hammer) * Dickey, Douglas, of Williamsport, Pa. (married to Deborah Dickey) * Krick, Oliver, 25, TWA Flight 800 flight engineer, of St. Louis. There were also 17 off-duty TWA employees, the airline said. Tribune news services contributed to this report. * Lychner, Katherine, 8, of Houston (daughter of Pam Lychner) The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. "That center part of the aircraft is of interest," said Francis. After a forensic dentist emerged visibly shaken from the medical examiner's office, saying it was difficult to settle himself Thursday night even after he was home and comfortably in his own bed, Wetli said that most members of his staff are tolerating the trauma well, thanks to years of training and experience. The much-criticized Flight 800 investigation ended in late 1998, with investigators concluding that the explosion resulted from mechanical failure, not from a bomb or a missile., Wreaths and flowers float in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday, July 17, 1997, at the location where TWA Flight 800 crashed one year ago, killing all 230 people on board. New York's Pataki asks feds to help pay for TWA recovery, TWA 800 families to press airline for compensation, NTSB urges new fuel-tank safety measures for airlines, FBI probes reported sighting off New York coast, Department of Transportation - Research and Special Programs Administration, UMass Polymer Scientists Developing Fireproof Aircraft Materials for FAA. Head, thoracic, and abdominal injuries were multiple and severe, contributing to the mortality of the occupants. * D'Iorio, Christine Bailey, mother of four, waitress, of Prato, Italy (married to Pietro d'Iorio) the victims either died instantly or were rendered unconscious when the plane exploded. J Trauma. (married * Straus, Carine, Paris. In this case, the victim was a Long Island dentist who had assisted forensic dentists in the medical examiner's office. Aikins-Bellamy, Sandra, 49; Queens, N.Y., off-duty TWA employee, Callas, Daniel, 22; Philadelphia, TWA flight crew, Charbonnier, Jacques, 66; Northport, N.Y., TWA flight crew, Christopher, Janet, 48; Brodheadsville, Pa., TWA flight crew, DiLuccio, Debra, 47; Agropoli, Italy, TWA flight crew, Dodge, Warren; Brentwood, N.Y., off-duty TWA employee, Gallagher, Claire; Montoursville, Pa., student, Griffith, Joanne, 39; Brooklyn, N.Y., off-duty TWA employee, Karschner, Amanda; Montoursville, Pa., student, Lang, Raymond, 51; Tafton, Pa., TWA flight crew, Lockhart, Maureen, 49; Merriam, Kan., TWA flight crew, Meade, Sandra, 42; Camano Island, Wash., TWA flight crew, Miller, Gideon, 57; Sarasota, Fla., off-duty TWA pilot, Nibert, Cheryl; Montoursville, Pa., student, Rupert, Judith; Montoursville, Pa., high school secretary, Schuldt, Michael, 51; Safety Harbor, Fla., TWA flight crew, Torche, Melinda, 47, Mission Viejo, Calif., TWA flight crew, Uzupis, Larissa; Montoursville, Pa., student, Ziemkiewicz, Jill, 24; Rutherford, N.J., TWA flight crew. Background: America watched on the night of July 17, 1996 as orange flames from the downed airliner streaked the Atlantics choppy surface, just a few miles off the coast of Fire Island. * Miller, Joan, Fairfield, Conn. Benjamin, Arthur, high school computer science teacher, of Philadelphia. Family members left the following morning by bus to New York. * Baszczewski, Daniel, student from Montoursville, Pa. * Carven, Paula, off-duty TWA flight attendant and part-time real-estate agent, of Bel Air, Md. * Gabor, Daniel, 27, ran middle-distances for University of Arkansas, of Fayetteville, Ark., and Walnut Creek, Calif. Feeney, Vera, 56, home-care nurse, New Hyde Park, N.Y. (mother of Dierdre Feeney) * Teang, Rachama-Chan, France When the NTSB moved the reconstruction to the Training Center, it did so with the stipulation that it would be used solely as a training resource and never as an exhibit or public display. Im going to the garden, Jill excitedly told her mother a reference to the Gardens at Versailles palace just outside of Paris that was once home to French royalty and is now a museum. * Cayrol, Jacques, Montpelier, France "You would see ripping, shredding and tearing of bodies" from a bomb in the cabin, he said. * Nelson, Alecia, New York Carol Ziemkiewicz still has the Bell Atlantic telephone bill that lists the call. WebHAUPPAUGE, New York (CNN) -- The Suffolk County medical examiner has released the first autopsy report on the victims from TWA Flight 800. * Berthe, Line, Belleville, France Bodies and debris have been carried far from the crash site by tides -- requiring searchers to cover more than 400 square miles of ocean -- and large sections of the 747 jetliner have sunk more than 100 feet, likely with many of the missing bodies inside. ""She always brightened my day.''. * Griffith, Donna, Westhampton, N.Y. Ralph G. , 58, TWA Flight 800 pilot, of Garden Grove, Calif. * Tofani, Mauro, 46, a cloth merchant, of Prato, Italy. He, like hundreds of families around the world, are now beginning the struggle to carry on. I think about her all the time so it really. * DeBoisredon, Cybele, Bordeaux, France Alexander, Matthew, 20, a student at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., traveling to Dijon, France, to study, of Florence, S.C. WebTrans World Airlines Flight 800 was carrying 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants. A lot of people have moved on, Carol said. Pathologists are meeting daily with family members, conducting interviews about minute details of the victims' bodies to help determine who is who. Despite continuing eyewitness reports, authorities did not come forward with any evidence of a missile or a bomb, and the investigation stretched on. * Caillaud, Anthony, Cerizay, France * Grimm, Julia, student from Montoursville, Pa. * Watson, Jacqueline, student from Montoursville, Pa. * Melotin, Grace, 48, TWA Flight 800 crew, of Corona, N.Y.; Jupiter, Fla. Some 180 miles from Rutherford, in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Stephanie Bedison bears similar emotional scars as the Ziemkiewicz family. Between calendar year 2015 and 2019 the NTSB trained a combined annual average of 2,622 students including NTSB investigators and staff, and external stakeholders involved in transportation safety, advocacy, family assistance and emergency response. The jetliner cracked and broke into several sections, then fell into the Atlantic. * Amlund, Svein, Norway * Furlano, Rosaria Pares, France. At 8:31 p.m., the Boeing 747-100 exploded over East Moriches, New York, 12 miles off the coast of Long Island. * Holst, Eric, 32, dentist, Manorville, N.Y. (husband of Virginia Holst) * Teang, Lydie, France -- Schuldt, Mike, 51, TWA Flight 800 Crew, Safety Harbor. Officials believe the crash was caused by an explosive, a missile or mechanical failure. After all, so many boaters thought they saw streaks of light in the summer sky. Ana Duarte Coiner) Students, parents, teachers, clergymen -- there are only 5,000 people in this northern Pennsylvania hamlet, so it wasn't long before everyone knew that among the dead on Flight 800 were 16 students from the school's French Club and five adult chaperones. Only no one was alive. That determination still has not been made, and it's possible it never will be. * D'Huimieres, Dominiques, LePlessis, France Injuries were assessed by anatomic region and severity by using the Abbreviated Injury Scale. The community gathered at the school to mourn. The medical examiner, Dr. Charles Wetli, had to get permission from federal agencies investigating the crash before releasing it. * Nibert, Cheryl, student from Montoursville, Pa. Jacques, 66, a French national who was a paratrooper in the Algerian war, managed the attendants; Constance, 49, an avid watercolorist, worked on his crew. available), from The Associated Press. (married to Ruth Brooks) * D'Alessandro, Anna, of Palo del Colle, Italy (married to Giuseppe Mercurio) * Orman, Alan, New Hyde Park, N.Y. * Bower, Jordan, student from Montoursville, Pa. * Jensen, Suzanne, 31, associate at G.E. WebFind Twa Flight 800 stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. * Caillaud, Daniel, Deux Sevres, France Unnamed passenger flying with Elsie Ostachiewicz, * Paquet, Huguette, France * Holst, Virginia, 31, merchandise distributor, Manorville, N.Y. (wife of Eric Holst) The report on passenger Susan Hill, a homicide detective from Portland, Oregon, was received by her estate's Chicago attorney this week. Here is a complete list of the 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants, aboard TWA Flight 800: -A- Aikens-Bellamy, Sandra, 49, of St. Luggage and wiring and food and seats and fuel and pillows and blankets and peeled-off sections of the fuselage were scattered for miles on the ocean surface and across its sandy floor. He attracted an unusually eclectic, though uniformly wealthy, clientele, including Richard Gere, Mick Jagger and Yves Saint Laurent. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. Autopsies reveal that most passengers aboard the ill-fated TWA Flight 800 died almost immediately in the air, sparing them the long plunge into The tortuous search for bodies and plane remnants was delayed as rain, wind and fog rendered the Atlantic impassable for search crews. Yee, Judith, 53, former personnel executive with Bristol-Myers Corp., of New York City. ""I can't wait. Cashman, an electrician, jumped on his fathers fishing boat The Rogue on the night that TWA Flight 800 blew apart and crashed into the Atlantic. And no one is very comfortable going there, so close to the place where that happened, and just sitting and relaxing and playing volleyball." * Kwan, Barbara, 40, off-duty TWA employee, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Donald, off-duty TWA pilot, of Mill Valley, Calif., and Incline Village, Nev. (married to Analei Gough) This year marks 25 years since a plane explosion killed 16 students and five adult chaperones from Montoursville high school. * Pares, Serge, New Haven, Conn. Analysis of the data revealed no global correlation between seat position and pattern of injury. J Trauma. The NTSB "We can empathize and feel sorry for the families, but we still have a job to do. "It's an extremely violent whiplash . Sometimes it seems like an eternity, said Jills older brother, Matthew Ziemkiewicz, now the Bergen County deputy coordinator for emergency management. He was traveling to France to finish work on a new line of fabric, which he planned to sell in a forthcoming string of his own boutiques in New York, Paris and London. From that investigation we issued safety recommendations that fundamentally changed the way aircraft are designed. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Robert Francis said his investigators will first rebuild the portion of the plane--a 25-foot-by-40 foot area--that stretches from the front cargo bay to just beyond the right wing. * Chanson, Ludovic, 11, exchange student returning to family, of Garancieres, France IN 1994 MICHEL BREISTROFF, 25, WAS THE last defenseman cut from the French Olympic ice-hockey team. Its still raw, he said Just talking about it now makes me feel like it happened yesterday.. 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