Flight 800 memorial headed to TWA Museum
Photo credit: Marc Brécy | An undated photo of the four foot-high memorial, with a crystal sculpture showing clounds and a 747 jetliner emerging from them, has been housed for more than a decade in the main pavillion in Smith Point Park.
A reminder of one of Long Island's most tragic events is about to find a final resting place.
A granite memorial honoring the roughly 50 TWA flight staff, employees and family members who perished in 1996 when Flight 800 exploded south of Smith Point County Park has been housed for more than a decade in the main pavilion at the oceanfront park.
Now the 4-foot-high memorial, with a crystal...
A beachfront tribute to Flight 800 victims