Scott Rhoads

Age: 49

Summary: language arts and social studies teacher at Tillicum Middle School in Bellevue, Washington 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 Marit Rhoads were heading to Paris, France on vacation after working hard to renovate their garden.

Cause of Death: Killed in TWA Flight 800 airplane accident

Born: April 22, 1947

Died: July 17, 1996

Location: East Moriches, New York