Joseph "Jay" Von Hedrich
Age: 9
Summary: third-grade student at Ring Factory Elementary School in Bel Air, Maryland 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 mother Paula Carven were flying to Europe for a brief summer vacation.
Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident
Born: July 11, 1987
Died: July 17, 1996
Location: East Moriches, New York