"Aren't these the people who's tail fin broke off in NYC in 2001 killing like 280 people???"
Yeah, on account of the pilot used the rudder.
Now that I'm into aviation (just passed my private and going for my instrument) I read the NTSB Reporter and they also mentioned there was some corrosion at the rudder/body join??? I read where there was some aggresive rudder inputs from the F/O - that also exceded stress ....