Celine Rio

 

 

Age: 11

 

Summary: French foreign exchange student of the French-American Back-to-Back student exchange program with the Grosse Pointe Public School System in Grosse Pointe, Michigan 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 returning to her home in France after a 3-week visit as part of a national cultural exchange program.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: December 28, 1984

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York