‘Still an open wound’ – Families mark 25 years since TWA Flight 800 tragedy
It was on July 17, 1996 when the Paris-bound flight exploded off Moriches Inlet, killing all 230 people on board.
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386ds agoSaturday marked 25 years since the tragedy of TWA Flight
800.
It was on July 17, 1996 when the Paris-bound flight exploded
off Moriches Inlet, killing all 230 people on board.
Family members gathered at the memorial at Smith Point Park,
where the names of the victims are forever etched in granite.
COMPLETE COVERAGE: TWA Flight 800 - 25 Years Later
“I had no idea that 25 years later there would still be an
open wound,” said John Seaman, who lost his niece, Michelle Jean Becker, on the
flight. She was en route to a wedding in Paris.
The memorial is 19 years old and took nearly five years to
construct. News 12’s Andrew Ehinger was there to speak to families about their
lost loved ones.
For an in-depth look at the TWA Flight 800 – check out News
12’s special project.