Honoring and remembering the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in Rockaway Queens, New York, on November 12, 2001, and extending the sincerest condolences of the citizens of the United States to the families and friends of those individuals.

Honoring the victims of American Airlines Flight 587 and offering condolences to their families and the Rockaway community. This resolution remembers the November 12, 2001 crash in Rockaway, Queens that killed 260 people on board and 5 on the ground. It cites the National Transportation Safety Board's 2004 finding that the vertical stabilizer separated after excessive rudder inputs and notes contributing factors in the Airbus A300-600 rudder design and American Airlines' maneuvering program. The text notes that about 90 percent of passengers were of Dominican descent, that American Airlines updated pilot training, and that a memorial in Rockaway Park hosts an annual November 12 ceremony with a moment of silence at 9:16 a.m.