I ran a search and this article did not show up. Ssorry.
TWA 800 started us driving a lot of places where we had previously flown. At the time TWA 800 went down we had 2 plane tickets to CA for a class reunion. We called Northwest and they happily exchanged them for tickets in the future with no extra fee tacked on.
I remember the ticket agent replying when I said we did not feel comfortable flying right then because of the Olympics the same week. “I don’t blame you. You can use your tickets anytime in the future.”
That unnerved me a bit. We just hopped into our car and drove West. Made it in 2 days from Milwaukee (northern route).