Rebecca Olsen

 

 

Age: 20

 

Summary: undergraduate student at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia 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 on her way to France for a friend's wedding and to do some backpacking with her college pal Michelle Baker

 

 

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

 

Born: October 16, 1975

 

Died: July 17, 1996

 

Location: East Moriches, New York