Caitlyn O'Hara

 

 

Age: 13

 

Summary: eighth-grade student at Irvington Middle School in Westchester County, 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 was traveling with her family to Paris, France to visit her French pen pal.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: May 13, 1983

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York