1960 Aviation Collision in Brooklyn

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On December 16, 1960, two airliners collided above New York City, the United Airlines plane crashed in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. See more from this tragic day:
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