US EditionFamilies Honor United Flight 629 Victims with New Denver Memorial Unveiling
The memorial honors 44 victims of the 1955 Flight 629 bombing, which led to modern airport security measures, organizers said.
- On Saturday, a memorial to United Air Lines Flight 629 will be unveiled at the FlyteCo Tower on the former Stapleton International Airport grounds, with more than 100 family members attending.
- John Gilbert Graham confessed to placing 25 sticks of dynamite in Daisie King's luggage, and investigators said the suitcase detonated 10 minutes after takeoff to collect insurance.
- Conrad Hopp, who helped recover bodies as a teen, recalls a fireball in the night sky and years of nightmares, while families describe decades of silence and trauma without a proper memorial until now.
- The FBI's investigation provided a template for airline probes, and Congress outlawed attacks on airplanes after the incident, Jeremy Morton said.
- The Denver Police Museum and History Colorado teamed up on a granite marker at FlyteCo Tower listing victims' names and agency seals, while the History Colorado display runs through January 2026.
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70 years after the first sabotage of a US airliner, the 44 killed are finally being honored
A memorial to 44 people who died in the first confirmed case of sabotage against a U.S. airliner is being dedicated on the 70th anniversary of its bombing over Colorado.
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Colorado Hometown WeeklyHow 2 Colorado men remember Flight 629 bombing 70 years later
Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of the day the United Air Lines Flight 629 exploded over Weld County, killing 44 before crashing and spreading debris east of Longmont, an event that will be memorialized at an event on Saturday in Denver. Now, 70 years later, Philip Bearly remembers the explosion “like it was yesterday.” Bearly, who was 5-and-a-half years old at the time, remembers driving to his grandmother’s birthday celebration at 17th Str…
'Our family was destroyed': Professor reflects on Colorado airplane bombing that killed her parents 70 years ago
DENVER (KDVR) — When United flight 629 was bombed and fell to pieces over Weld County 70 years ago, Dr. Susan Morgan says her family was destroyed. "That's actually the only word for it. It was just wiped out. We were wiped out as a family," Morgan told FOX31. She was just 12 years old when it happened. Her sister was 14. Their parents, Stewart and Suzanne, had just moved the family to Illinois so her father could start a new job. 70 year…
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