She had been visiting a friend on 7th Avenue at the time. It was shocking and surreal. With the addition of me, it was time to move to a larger house, with four bedrooms and a two-car garage. It was December 16, 1960, one day before the 57th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight. “Air crash rains death on city” screamed the At 10:30 a.m. the day before, two passenger planes heading to LaGuardia collided over New York City.A TWA airplane from Dayton, Ohio came down on Staten Island. Inscribed on it are the names of all the victims.Nearby a bronze and granite stone poking out of the grass simply says, “In this grave rest unidentified remains of victims of the airplane crash in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, December 16, 1960.”I was a child when this happened but can remember the network TV news report. There are two larger pieces in the backyard, one currently frozen into the ground. My mom and I were able to re-enter this neighborhood three weeks after the crash to see the doctor.
I came along on March 21, 1956. It would also be the first accident to be investigated using the infamous “black box.” It is known that the DC-8 had been requested to fly into a holding pattern and appeared to have missed the mark, possibly due to equipment failure either on the plane or on the ground.Today, the scars of the 1960 plane crash have been mostly repaired, erased or built over, but there are some remnants you can still find today.The brickwork atop 126 Sterling Place is of a different color and material from its twin buildings next door, and the black cornice is completely missing atop the building. Thank you.John N. Tuttle of Montvale is listed as one of the passengers on the United Airlines plane. IMO, The City or Borough should place a plaque at the intersection or sidewalk like the city did for the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory fire. You can leave condolences in the Guest Book, buy sympathy flowers, and pay your respects. Surviving the crash was Stephen’s 65 cents found in his clothing or wallet; his father put the coins in a charity box at the hospital. It was as if some celestial central casting agency had carefully assigned the role of courageous survivor to an 11-year-old boy whose life — had it been spared — would have lent to the senseless wreckage one single note of grace. I hope to have the book out on Amazon around the crash anniversary date of Dec 16. My allergy doctor had his office in the Park Slope section. My Daughter Lotanya R. was born 1980 right in the area in Methodist hospital.I was born two days before at Brooklyn Jewish (which became Interfaith along with St. John’s Episcopal) in that snowstorm; my mom used to tell me stories about when it happened. It’s funny but most of us never really get to know how our actions–even seemingly simple ones, can have an impact on others.
Structural limit 17,605 lbs.”The grates on the front window of Steve’s apartment are also notable: they come from the original wrought-iron gate of the Pillar of Fire Church, which Steve removed and installed at his place, making the circular modifications.Although no plaque exists on Sterling Place, commemorative markers have been placed elsewhere in Brooklyn. ” That is what she told me from my memory of what she said. He died at Methodist Hospital, and a plaque there memorializes him. I am looking for people who remember the crash to provide personal input. When Mr. Tuttle greeted at his front door, he gave a dollar bill without drawing attention to himself. I remember us driving on a main avenue and as I looked down each side street, I could see the next avenue over (still closed to traffic) with literally mountains of debris nearly twenty feet high piled up on the sides of the road, block after block after block. She was pregnant with me and i was born that May of 1960.
I’m 63 now, and I can still see the image of a tail or wing leaning against a building. He recounted his view of New York City just before the crash to a doctor at Brooklyn’s Methodist Hospital, where he was taken. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. It was a beautiful sight,” he said, according to It would become the deadliest air accident to date at the time with a total death toll of 134 people. All I knew was that he died in an airplane crash.
. In that plaque is the change that he had in his pocket when the plane crashed. Brick columns at 123 Sterling Place, a building built in 1920, show evidence of patching up, but the most unique remnants are in the backyard of sculptor One metal piece, Steve believes, is part of a chair from the plane.