Who were the flight attendants who died in flight 401?
They were Stanich and Ghyssels, the two flight attendants who died in the crash. “That also gave me an impression like the two girls were marked,” Ruiz said. “Why them two?” Through five decades, lessons stick with the survivors of 401.
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