Families Remember Flight 587 in NY
Posted on: Monday, 14 November 2005, 12:00 CST
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Scores of families gathered in a seaside neighborhood Saturday to observe the fourth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest airline disasters.
The crash of American Airlines Flight 587 on a quiet residential block in the Belle Harbor section of Queens killed 265 people -- including five on the ground -- on Nov. 12, 2001, at a time when the city was still reeling from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
"It feels like yesterday," said Juan Reyes, 19, of the Bronx, who lost his father in the crash. "It happened four years ago, but it seems like four minutes ago."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the hundreds gathered on a chilly morning that the city hopes to pick a design soon for a $2 million memorial to the victims. Officials hope to have a monument in place next fall.
Source: Daily Breeze
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