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Photographs of the National Historic Landmark commemoration of the crash sites
at Desert View Overlook amphitheater.
On Monday, June 30, 2014, the 1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Air Lines aviation accident site was designated a National Historic Landmark.
 View of the Grand Canyon behind where the speakers would be. |  Milton Tso, Navajo Nation Cameron Chapter President, provided spiritual music before the ceremony. |  David Uberuaga, Superintendent, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park welcomed everyone. |
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 Wayne Ranney, President of Grand Canyon Historical Society spoke about the significance of the disaster. |  Ron Lee, District Director, Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick's Office |  Clint Chandler, Regional Director, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake's Office. |
 Glen Miller, Acting Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific Region, Federal Aviation Administration. |  Laura Joss, Deputy Regional Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. |  Mike Nelson, nephew of United Air Lines passenger Jack B. Groshans, and author of "We Are Going In". |
 Dave Uberuaga summarized what the other speakers had said. |  Martin Tso played spiritual Navajo music again. |  The unveiling of the bronze plaque that would later be fastened to a limestone milled boulder nearer to the prime overlook point at Desert View. |
 The commemorative bronze plaque |  The general crash area, as seen from Desert View. The planes came to earth in the bottom third of the photo favoring the right. |  In the midst of the ceremony (courtesy of Mike O'Quinn). |
 Interview of Ray Cook, son of United passenger, L. David Cook, Jr. |
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