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UTA 772 Desert Memorial on Visible on Google Maps
A friend told me to go to a certain latitude and longitude on Google Maps. When I noticed it seemed to be in the middle of an African desert, I thought he was just sending nonsense. But when I zoomed in, my mind was blown. I noticed a tiny icon that looked like an airplane. So I did some more research and discovered there’s an incredibly tragic and beautiful story behind it. Here it is, from start to finish. (www.viralnova.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Here is the link to see it on Google Maps, https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d9220!2d11.9540957!3d16.8643901!2m1!1e3&fid=7
Cool and humbling.... may the victims Rest in Peace, may the Memorial's builders be blessed...
Well, Khadaffi-Libya paid, but I'm sure the web runs deep and like 9/11 no one source although some have claimed credit. ((9/11 was not Bin-Laden's idea !!)) Nuff said.
Maybe not the original idea, but definitely the one carrying it out and claiming credit
I was working at CDG at this time - it was a sadness to hear that a jumbojet was destroyed with all the lifes on board only for political reasons
Life doesn't seem to mean anything to those folks over there, at least some of them
I was posted to the Embassy in Ndjamena, Chad which was its final departure before the destruction. The aircraft carried many Peace Corps volunteers as well as the Ambassador's wife to Chad. She was returning a week before the Ambassador to help in setting up her daughter's wedding. The Ambassador gave a eulogy for the Peace Corps folks in the Embassy garden, foregoing his own personal grief. What a brave and honorable man and needless to say we were all speechless with tears in our eyes and a heart that will never be healed of the rift. I was unaware of the memorial...thank you for posting. The memories flood back when I saw this.