Betty Ruth Martin

Age: 69

Summary: longtime volunteer with the Little Flower Children's Services of New York who was among one of 230 passengers and crew members reported missing and feared dead in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800 when the ill-fated Boeing 747 jumbo jet mysteriously exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the southeastern coast of Long Island, New York shortly after takeoff from New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport while she and her daughter Bonnie Wolters were flying to France for a vacation.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: December 2, 1926

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York