On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died when the light aircraft he was flying crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also on board and died. The Piper Saratoga departed from New Jersey's Essex County Airport; its intended route was along the coastline of Connecticut and across Rhode Island Sound to Martha's Vineyard Airport.
A Piper Saratoga similar to the accident aircraft
Mourners outside Kennedy's apartment house
USNS Grasp
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USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) is a Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship, the second United States Navy ship of that name.
USNS Grasp towing the ex-USS Des Moines for scrapping.
A diver rides a stage to the sea bed from USNS Grasp in St. Kitts during Global Fleet Station 2008.