End of Holiday Flight
Photo Title
End of Holiday Flight
Photographer/Creator
Anthony Sande
Collection
Publisher
United Press
Caption/Description
With the snow-covered wreckage of the Northeast Airlines plane in background, an unidentified chaplain says last rites over victims of the disaster of Rikers Island in New York's East River, February 1st. The passenger airplane crashed on the island airport. It is reported that 21 of the 94 persons aboard were killed and 35 others injured.
Citation
Anthony Sande, "End of Holiday Flight," in POYi Archive, Item #2950, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/2950 (accessed April 26, 2024).
Date Added
07.04.2008