PSA FLIGHT 182 crashed thirty years ago today at 9:02 am in North Park, San Diego, after being hit by a Cessna 172. All 137 people on the passenger jet and the Cessna died, as did seven on the ground. San Diego is my home town, but I was not there that day; it was the first day of classes in my freshman year at UCLA. At the time it was the worst aviation disaster in US history and all San Diegans were deeply marked by it.



Requiescat in pace.

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UPDATE (26 September): This year's memorial service is covered in the San Diego Union-Tribune.