Memorial pays tribute to Flight 587 victims on 25th anniversary of tragic crash

Families and loved ones of the victims of Flight 587 gathered in Belle Harbor Thursday morning to mark the 25th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that resulted in the deaths of 265 people on Nov. 12. Mayor Zohran Mamdani led tributes to the victims of American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed into Belle Harbor on the morning of Nov. 12, 2001, while en route from JFK to the Dominican Republic. The crash occurred just two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a neighborhood that had lost over 70 residents on 9/11. Thursday's memorial honored the 265 people who died in the crash, including the 251 passengers, nine crew and five Belle Harbor residents who died when the flight crashed into homes near the intersection of Beach 131st Street and Newport Avenue. Belle Harbor residents Helen and Thomas Concannon, Kathleen and Christopher Lawler and Franco Pomponio all perished after the Airbus A300 nosedived into the neighborhood.

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