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The crash — which occurred just moments after the American Airlines flight took off from Kennedy International Airport on its way to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — killed all 265 people on board and five people on the ground in Belle Harbor, Queens.

The crash occured two months after the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and immediately spurred speculation that the disaster was not an accident, but an act of terrorism. That speculation was later shown to be false, as the National Transportation Safety Board found that a pilot’s “unnecessary and excessive” use of the rudder caused the aircraft's tail to break off, causing the crash.

On Saturday at 9:15 a.m., the time of the crash, a bell was rung, marking a moment of silence. The names of each victim were then read by friends and relatives cheap moncler jackets for kids.

“Over the past 10 years, your shared strength has transformed grief into hope and promise,”New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said in a speech.

Belkis Lora, 44, of Ozone Park, told the New York Daily News that she and 15 family members came to the ceremony to honor her brother, Jose Lora, who died on the way home from a visit to New York to celebrate his nephew’s first birthday.