Victims of PSA Flight 182 are remembered on the 47th anniversary of the crash

On the morning of September 25, 1978, a PSA Boeing 727 collided with a Cessna over the North Park neighborhood.

On Thursday morning, a memorial for the victims was held at the intersection of Dwight and Nile, where the plane went down. Their names were read aloud as roses were placed into a large vase, one for each victim: 135 people on the 727, two on the Cessna and seven people on the ground. Nine were injured.

The memorial was attended by family members, former PSA employees and others who remembered what was, at the time,

Collection of Alexander D. Bevil

On that day 47 years ago, Michael Bagnas was beginning his sophomore year at St. Augustine high school, less than a mile away from the crash site. He was between classes, sitting just inside a building with a couple of friends, whe