Dr. Namik Ersoz

Age: 63

Summary: Turkish-American retired anesthesiologist at Montefiore Hospital and Magee Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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 he and his wife Clara Jean Ersoz were escorting their nephew David Babb to meet his mother and two sisters for an 11-day tour of France.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 flight

Born: November 27, 1932

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York