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Family of 9/11 survivor killed in Flight 587 crash speak publicly for first time
Hilda Yolanda Mayol survived the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre, only to be killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 two months later. Her family has spoken publicly for the first time about her life and the loss, which came as she was travelling to reunite with her young children.
Mayol, a 26-year-old Dominican immigrant, worked at a restaurant in the North Tower and escaped after the attacks began. On 12 November, she boarded Flight 587, which crashed shortly after take-off from New York; 265 people on board and on the ground died. The US National Transportation Safety Board attributed the crash to unnecessary and excessive rudder pedal inputs, rather than terrorism.
In short
- Hilda Mayol survived 9/11 but died in a plane crash two months later.
- Her family has spoken publicly about her loss for the first time.
- Flight 587 killed 265 people; investigators blamed excessive rudder inputs.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Heartbroken family of women who survived 9/11 attacks but died in plane crash two months later speak for first time”.