The Crash of Air Florida Flight 90. National Mall and Memorial Parks.

Written By National Park After Dark

On January 13, 1982 the world watched for the first time, an airplane rescue that was broadcasted live on national television. The US Park Police responded to a plane that crashed into the Potomac river, leaving survivors struggling in the icy cold waters.

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Sources


Book: Air Crash Ivestigations: Death in the Potomac The Crash of Air Florida Flight 90. By George Cramoisi, Editor


Nat Geo Documentary: Seconds From Disaster: Flight 90.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-cold-laws-of-winter-the-crash-of-air-florida-flight-90-cdcba7847e0a


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ08nFhsLY


https://www.communitybankingconnections.org/articles/2022/i2/forty-years-later


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/01/13/decade-later-pain-lingers-for-air-florida-survivors/11c2e520-c607-4dcb-9a32-fe261f26c218/


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1984/04/01/nikki-felchtonights-flight-90-depicts-the-snowy-day-she-nearly-died-in-the-river/a5a387df-470d-408f-9c0e-2c373a34de8c/


https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/jan/12/features.magazine27

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