American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 199
N651AA, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1993
Another angle of the wreckage
Maurice Antonio Ferré was an American politician and businessman who served six terms as the Mayor of Miami. Ferré was the first Latino person to serve as mayor of Miami. He also served on the Dade Co
American Airlines Flight 965
…on the flight. He and his wife perished in the crash. Their child was one of the four survivors. Francisco Ferré Malaussena, son of former Miami mayor Maurice A. Ferré, his wife and son all perished in the crash. The US government encountered difficulty while trying to distinguish Americans from non-Americans, as many…
Portrait photograph, 2009
Ferré and other state reps being administered their oath of office by Chief Justice B. Campbell Thornal on April 4, 1967 (left to right: Gerald Lewis, Ferré, Ken Myers, Louis Wolfson II, Murray Dubbin, Carey Matthews)
Ferré (back row, fourth from right) poses with little league players at the 1974 dedication of Roberto Clemente Park. He is joined by other politicians, including Rep. Claude Pepper, Gov. Reubin Askew, and City Commissioner Rose Gordon
Ferré (second from right) with other dignitaries at the 1974 dedication of Roberto Clemente Park. From left to right: unidentified man, Rafael Hernández Colón (Gov. of Puerto Rico), Gov. Askew, Ferré, Rep. Pepper, and Mildred Pepper