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).
I’ve driven cross country twice in my life. By far the best trips I have ever made. I can’t wait to do it again.
I’ve got my 19MAR96 TWA 800 ticket stub tacked to my office cube wall right in front of me. I was on TWA 800 shortly before the incident. I tend to read TWA 800 threads on FR.
I was watching a television news broadcast sometime around 2002. George Stephanopolous was listing terrorist attacks that had previously occurred. He casually included TWA 800 in the list. I backed up my DVR and watched it again to verify that I had really heard him say that.