The mother opened her box of memories and the pain and darkness poured out again.
She pulled out a card. Then a letter. Then a photo of the daughter she lost 25 years ago when a majestic and seemingly indestructible commercial jetliner blew up over the Atlantic Ocean only minutes after lifting off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing all 230 passengers and crew.
Such is the complicated, enduring legacy of TWA Flight 800.
To some it is still a story of a terrorist conspiracy that persists despite well-documented facts showing the plane was actually brought down by a tragic mechanical failure. To others, it is a somber, bureaucratic turning point in how America investigates air crashes.
TWA Flight 800 changed the airline industry But family scars are still raw 25 years later
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230 people perished when TWA Flight 800 exploded 25 years later, the wounds are still raw
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