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Forty years ago, when American Airlines Flight 191 crashed just beyond O'Hare Airport's boundaries, the jetliner struck earth - not the mobile home park next door, nor the oil tankers nearby, nor any of the many commercial buildings in the area.
Wha...
Updated: May 25, 2019 at 06:52 PM
Will five extra gates at O'Hare International Airport revolutionize flight operations, generate billions of dollars and end the dreaded "folks, we're going to have to sit tight while we wait for a gate to open up" announcement?
Maybe not, but the ad...
Updated: May 16, 2018 at 07:22 AM
Larkin (1-1) at Elgin (0-2)
When: today at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Field
Live video streaming: @football.dailyherald.com, followed by postgame highlights
Last year: Larkin 40, Elgin 12
Last week: Larkin 20, West Chicago 12, OT; Huntley 48, Elgin ...
Updated: Sep 13, 2013 at 08:10 PM
Flight 191 memorial celebrates lives of victims
Victims of the crash of Flight 191 were remembered Saturday at the dedication for a memorial in Des Plaines' Lake Park. Full story.
Elgin murder suspect fears for his life
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Updated: Oct 17, 2011 at 01:48 PM
At last, remembrance:
More than 1,000 people are expected in Des Plaines today to dedicate a memorial to the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Such an outpouring 32 years after the tragedy shows why such remembrances are importan...
Updated: Oct 15, 2011 at 05:01 AM
Updated: Oct 15, 2011 at 04:09 PM
Mike Zaniolo was a 21-year-old college student working as an intern at Motorola in Schaumburg 32 years ago when he heard about the crash of American Airlines Flight 191.
“We had a radio on in the lab and we heard about it,” said Zaniolo of Des Plain...
Updated: Oct 17, 2011 at 05:50 PM
The American Airlines Flight 191 Memorial at Lake Park in Des Plaines will be dedicated in a ceremony that begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. Parking will be available in the Abbot Molecular parking lot on Lee Street. Handicapped parking is available in th...
Updated: Oct 14, 2011 at 07:14 PM
Thirty-two years and nearly five months of waiting ends Saturday as a permanent memorial remembering the 273 victims of American Airlines Flight 191 plane crash is unveiled in Des Plaines.
More than 1,000 people, including more than 120 families of ...
Updated: Oct 15, 2011 at 06:20 PM
On the sunny Friday afternoon of May 25, 1979, the 258 passengers and 13 crew members beginning their Memorial Day weekend aboard American Airlines Flight 191 could not have imagined that they had barely 90 seconds to live.
The Los Angeles-bound McD...
Updated: May 25, 2016 at 11:40 AM