Flight 255 Memorial
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Flight 255 Memorial

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Romulus, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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    Coordinates: 42.24188, -83.32728
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The permanent memorial marker at the Northwest Airlines Flight #255 crash site honors Flight 255's dead. Families of the 156 dead people who died in the crash have erected a permanent memorial for their loved ones at the site. The 5-ton, four-piece marker containing the names of the dead was unveiled at 7:00 PM on August 16, 1994 on the 7th Anniversary of the crash, on a hill at I-94 and Middle Belt Road. The 3-section 14-foot long black granite monument was erected the week before the 7th Anniversary by crews from Black Monument, The Grand Rapids based company, which also designed the memorial. Flight 255 family members raised the money to pay for the monument. The 6-foot tall centerpiece is flanked by two 54-inch side sections and encircled with newly planted pine trees. On the back of the monument is a poem written by Duane Adams of Royal Oak titled, "Final Flight".
The permanent memorial marker at the Northwest Airlines Flight #255 crash site honors Flight 255's dead. Families of the 156 dead people who died in the crash have erected a permanent memorial for their loved ones at the site. The 5-ton, four-piece marker containing the names of the dead was unveiled at 7:00 PM on August 16, 1994 on the 7th Anniversary of the crash, on a hill at I-94 and Middle Belt Road. The 3-section 14-foot long black granite monument was erected the week before the 7th Anniversary by crews from Black Monument, The Grand Rapids based company, which also designed the memorial. Flight 255 family members raised the money to pay for the monument. The 6-foot tall centerpiece is flanked by two 54-inch side sections and encircled with newly planted pine trees. On the back of the monument is a poem written by Duane Adams of Royal Oak titled, "Final Flight".

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