Victims American Airlines Flight 587

in 2001, there 51 weekly direct flights between jfk , dominican republic, additional flights offered in december. of flights offered american airlines, , airline described having virtual monopoly on route. around 90% of passengers on accident flight of dominican descent.

the guardian described flight having cult status in washington heights, dominican area of manhattan. belkis lora, relative of passenger on crashed flight, said every dominican in new york has either taken flight or knows has. gets there early. @ home there songs it. seth kugel, writing new york times, said, many dominicans in new york, these journeys home defining metaphor of complex push-pull relationship homeland; embody, vividly , poignantly, tug between current lives , former selves. fact gave monday s tragedy particularly horrible resonance new york s dominicans. said, before monday s crash, dominicans had developed complex love-hate relationship american airlines, complaining high prices , baggage restrictions while favoring carrier on other airlines used travel same route. david rivas, owner of new york city travel agency rivas travel, said, dominican go santo domingo during christmas , summer muslims going mecca.

the crash did not affect bookings jfk-santo domingo route. dominicans continued book travel on flights. american airlines announced end services between jfk , santo domingo on april 1, 2013.

memorial

memorial

a memorial constructed in rockaway park, belle harbor s neighboring community, in memory of 265 victims of crash @ south end of beach 116th street, major commercial street in area. dedicated on november 12, 2006, fifth anniversary of accident, in ceremony attended mayor of new york city michael bloomberg. ceremony commemorating disaster held annually @ memorial every nov 12, featuring reading of names of killed aboard aircraft , on ground, formal moment of silence observed @ 9:16 a.m., estimated time of crash. memorial wall, designed dominican artist freddy rodríguez , situ studio, has windows , doorway looking toward nearby atlantic ocean , angled toward dominican republic. inscribed names of victims. atop memorial quotation, in both spanish , english, dominican poet pedro mir, reading después no quiero más que paz (translation: afterwards want nothing more peace. )

in ceremony held on may 6, 2007, @ woodlawn cemetery in bronx, 889 unidentified fragments of human remains of victims of crash entombed in group of 4 mausoleum crypts.

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