Nine years ago, next Wednesday. (JFK Jr.)

[trof]

It hardly seems that long.
And you still have to wonder what might have been.

ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 16, 1999
Time: 21:41
Location: Off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Operator: Private
Flight #: -
Route: Fairfield, N.J. - Martha's Vineyard, MA
AC Type: Piper PA-32-R301 Saratoga II HP
Registration: N9253N
cn / ln: 3213100
Aboard: 3 (passengers:2 crew:1)
Fatalities: 3 (passengers:2 crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft, piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, crashed into the sea approximately 34 miles west of Martha's Vineyard while en route from Fairfield, New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Killed along with Kennedy were his wife Carolyn and her sister Lauren Bessette. Kennedy's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Contributing factors in the accident were haze, and the dark night.
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1999/1999-36.htm

[madaboutharry]

1. I remember hearing the news in the morning in a hotel room on

Mackinac Island, Michigan while on vacation. Everyone was very sad.

[hisownpetard]

2. I was on Martha's Vineyard, driving home from up-Island, and there was a roadblock set up. People

were out of their cars and standing around, talking. Someone said that JFK Jr.'s plane had crashed
and part of it may have washed up on shore - right near where Jackie's property was.

Went home, watched on TV. So, so sad. I remembered seeing him a few years earlier at the Agricultural Fair
at MV. He was incredibly handsome (even more so in person, movie-star quality) and bristling with life.
He was with Darryl Hannah, who was considerably taller than he was. What a stunning couple they made!