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.

"And part of that job was a business trip. My mother went with him because she was from Vancouver, so they were going to stop off in Vancouver and visit her mom," Morgan said.

The Douglas DC-6B had just departed Denver's Stapleton Airfield on the night of Nov. 1, 1955, when it exploded just 11 minutes into the flight, killing both of Morgan's parents and 42 o

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