20TH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE of TWA Flight 800

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone joined the families and friends of those who were on board TWA Flight 800 to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of the crash.  The plane crashed just eight miles off the South Shore on July 17, 1996 – killing all 230 passengers and crew on board.

Hundreds were in attendance at the TWA Flight 800 International Memorial at Smith Point County Park to remember the victims.  County Executive Bellone provided opening remarks by  recognizing the first responders  and good samaritans who rushed to the scene to help and by thanking the TWA Flight 800 Families Association for their commitment to design, build and maintain the international memorial.

The remembrance ceremony concluded with an emotional recitation of the names of the victims, followed by families and friends in attendance placing carnations in the ocean at 8:30 p.m., the same time the plane went down.