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Another Tragedy for Rockaway

By Patricia Daly, Contributor
February / March 2002

February 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

When American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Rockaway Beach, Queens, it hit a tight-knit community already reeling from numerous losses suffered in the World Trade Center tragedy. After taking off only two minutes earlier from Kennedy Airport, located across Jamaica Bay, flight 587 broke apart and nose-dived directly into a heavily populated area of Rockaway known as Belle … [Read more...] about Another Tragedy for Rockaway

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