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The Families
Behind each and every one of the 110 people who perished in was a human face, a history -- and a family.
More than a year after the crash of ValuJet Flight 592, many family members said the tragedy continued to consume their lives.
"It's been pure hell -- undoubtedly the worst year of my life," said Marilyn Chamberlin, whose daughter, Candalyn Kubeck, was the pilot of the doomed jet. "I've never known such depression, such grief."
In November, many family members attended hearings about the crash held by the National Transportation Safety Board. They were angered by testimony alleging that some of the Federal Aviation Administration's own personnel expressed concerns about ValuJet's safety practices that went unheeded.
And they sat in stunned silence when a videotape was played of a test showing how oxygen canisters might have ignited, starting the inferno that brought about the deaths of their loved ones.
But through this year of grief, the families of the victims have found solace in each other. Richard Kessler of Atlanta, whose wife died in the crash, said that in talking to dozens of families, he's heard numerous stories of extraordinary people on Flight 592.
"I believe they were all saints aboard that plane," Kessler says.
The following articles selected from CNN Interactive's coverage of the ValuJet tragedy provide details of the families' continuing ordeal.
Related stories:
- Families of ValuJet victims attend NTSB hearings - November 22, 1996
- Six months later, ValuJet families still grieve - November 17, 1996
- Search is over for ValuJet wreckage and remains - June 10, 1996
- Air crash victims' families urge reform - June 19, 1996
- Family members hold service for crash victims - May 15, 1996
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