Legacy of The Accident
In 1998 a memorial plaque was unveiled (by two survivors) at the scene of the accident. It bears the legend:
IN MEMORY
OF THE
SEVENTY TWO PASSENGERS
AND CREW
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE
STOCKPORT AIR DISASTER
4th JUNE 1967
In 2002 a campaign was launched to create a further memorial at the site, commemorating rescuers who risked their lives to pull survivors from the burning aeroplane; the campaign was supported by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair. The second memorial, dedicated to the rescuers, was unveiled in October 2002. Both memorials will be moved a short distance under current plans to redevelop the site. The regeneration project will include 375 apartments, workshops, retail and office space and a new public square. The memorials, currently on the corner of Hopes Carr and Waterloo Road, would be moved to a site overlooking Hempshaw Valley.
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Stockport air disaster memorial
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The first Stockport air disaster memorial
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The second Stockport air disaster memorial
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Famous quotes containing the words legacy and/or accident:
“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“Take away an accident of pigmentation of a thin layer of our outer skin and there is no difference between me and anyone else. All we want is for that trivial difference to make no difference.”
—Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924)