50 Year Anniversary of NYC Midair Collision

50 Year Anniversary of NYC Midair Collision

Fifty years ago, two commercial airliners collided one mile above New York City, raining down destruction on a busy Brooklyn neighborhood. Victims' remains bloodied the snow after one jet hit the street at 200 mph, killing everyone aboard and six people on the ground.

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Comment by Kathy Williams on December 15, 2010 at 5:51pm
What a tragedy, and something we don't want to have repeated. My thoughts are with the victims and their families on this 50th anniversary.

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