Joseph Scott

 

 

Age: 13

 

Summary: Boy Scout and straight-A student at Stevenson Middle School in Stevenson, Alabama 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 was traveling with his parents Michael and Barbara Scott along with the family of his best friend Thomas Weatherby on a planned trip to Paris, France for shopping, for hiking and for practicing the French language they were learning.

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: April 15, 1983

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York