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Flight 587 victims remembered at NYC ceremony
Victims of the Flight 587 crash are being remembered at a New York City ceremony on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. The American Airlines flight, carrying many Dominican-born New Yorkers, crashed in the quiet neighborhood of Belle Harbor, Queens,...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents, American Airlines, Inc., Kennedy Airport
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Families remember victims of 2001 plane crash in Queens
michael.frazier@newsday.comVictims of American Airlines Flight 587, the jet that crashed in a quiet Queens neighborhood after takeoff from Kennedy Airport, were remembered Wednesday in a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the tragedy. The Nov. 12, 2001, crash killed 260...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents, American Airlines, Inc., Kennedy Airport, New York
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LI Music Hall of Fame recognizes local talent
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comIt's probably no surprise that Chuck D refused to be bullied when he was a fledgling rapper and a student at Adelphi University. "People used to come from the Bronx and from Brooklyn with a chip on their shoulders, thinking that just because rap...Tags: Theater, Rock and Roll, Bronx (New York City), Woody Allen, Carole King
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The road to a memorial
The World Trade Center memorial is now scheduled to be finished a full decade after the terrorist attack. With glaring exceptions--such as Pearl Harbor and the World War II memorials--other tributes in the U.S. have been built much faster. The Oklahoma...Tags: Terrorism, Air and Space Accidents, American Airlines, Inc., Oklahoma, City National Corporation
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William J. Greenberg, has mom in Queens
Defense Department announcementWilliam J. Greenberg graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as "Operation Warrior Forge," at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., the Defense Department announced Sept. 7. The cadet is a...Tags: Armed Forces, Physical Fitness, Queens (New York City), Justice System, Defense
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William J. Greenberg of Belle Harbor
Defense Department announcementWilliam J. Greenberg has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader's Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky., the Defense Department announced Sept. 17. Greenberg is the son of Joanne Greenberg of Beach 126th St., Belle Harbor. The...Tags: Armed Forces, Justice System, Colleges and Universities, Firearms, Advanced Training
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Matthew C. McNair of Belle Harbor
Defense Department announcementCoast Guard Seaman Apprentice Matthew C. McNair, son of Mary A. and Micheal S. McNair of Belle Harbor, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J., the Defense Department announced Oct. 19. During the eight-...Tags: Physical Fitness, Health and Safety at School, Justice System, Defense
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Mayor remembers Flight 587
Special to NewsdayFamily members of those killed aboard American Airlines Flight 587 six years ago remembered their loved ones at two locations on the Rockaway peninsula Monday, at an official monument near the ocean and at the crash site a half mile away. Mayor Michael...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Manhattan (New York City), Air and Space Accidents, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Up, up and Rockaway in kite festival
Newsday Staff WriterThousands of kite enthusiasts are expected to descend upon the Rockaways this weekend for the sixth annual New York Kite Festival, and they'll do more than shoot the breeze. The free event at Jacob Riis Park Bay 9 will feature food, music and kite...Tags: Culture, Music Industry, Radio Industry, Pennsylvania, Festive Event
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NYers mark Flt. 587's fifth anniversary
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERTo Angela Martinez of Smithtown, the memorial to the victims of American Airlines Flight 587 marks the end of a five-year wait for somewhere to remember her brother, sister-in-law and young niece. "We waited a long time for a place," said Martinez, 50, a...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Tourism and Leisure, Real Estate Agents, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Christmas
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Crash came as wake-up call for industry
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERIt was a standard pre-flight check. "Rudders good," First Officer Sten Molin said, after moving the floor pedals that caused the giant flap on the Airbus' tail to swing back and forth. The time was 9:02 a.m., Nov. 12, 2001, and the jet was still on the...Tags: Boeing Co., Transportation Industry, Air and Space Accidents, American Airlines, Inc., Kennedy Airport
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Belle Harbor still coping with plane crash
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERThrough the windows of her two-story brick house on Beach 131st Street in Belle Harbor, Estelle Fleischer still sees unfinished brickwork and blue construction scaffolding at the nearly finished home nearby. Her view has been that way for years now: A...Tags: Homes, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Air and Space Accidents, Fires, John Brown
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