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Even after 50 years, ‘no one forgets’

Fire and ambulance workers search through the wreckage for bodies after a Piedmont Airlines jet and a Cessna 310 collided in mid-air and crashed in woods near Hendersonville on July 19, 1967. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO)

By Matt Matteson, Published: July 18, 2017

The early morning fog had lifted. In the Western North Carolina mountains, Wednesday, July 19, 1967, was going to be a beautiful day, with temperatures in the 60s, a light breeze and clear skies.

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