Full Text of HJR0045 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 1, 1961, just after two in the | 3 | | morning, Trans World Airlines Flight 529 took off from Midway | 4 | | Airport bound for Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Five minutes into the flight, a two-inch long | 7 | | bolt snapped in the plane's elevator assembly, which caused | 8 | | the plane to crash in what is today Willowbrook, Illinois; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, TWA Flight 529 crashed into an open field and | 10 | | immediately burst into flames, leaving behind a debris field | 11 | | of 200 by 1,100 feet; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, 73 passengers, four of whom were from the Chicago | 13 | | land area, and five crew members were all killed on impact, | 14 | | making the crash of TWA Flight 529 the deadliest single plane | 15 | | crash at the time; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The four Chicago area victims were a pharmacist | 17 | | from Evanston who was on his way to visit his parents in Los | 18 | | Angeles, a nurse from MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn departing for | 19 | | a vacation in San Francisco, and two servicemen returning to | 20 | | duty in California; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, September 1 of 2021 will mark the 60 year | 2 | | anniversary of this tragedy; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 5 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we declare September 1, 2021 as | 6 | | Trans World Airlines Flight 529 Memorial Day in the State of | 7 | | Illinois; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That we remember and mourn those we lost on that | 9 | | tragic day in 1961 and extend our sincere condolences to their | 10 | | families and friends.
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