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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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