It was 59 years ago this week when an airliner took off from what’s now JBLM and headed north for Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. The four-engine propeller plane, operated by Northwest Airlines, disappeared and was never found.
It was 59 years ago this week when an airliner took off from what’s now
The affable Barrowman has every right to complain. Flight 293 has never been formally commemorated by the federal government or by any branch of the military whose members were aboard. The flight was aboard a chartered commercial plane, being flown by civilian pilots, and carrying members of the military and their dependents. Thus, its loss is categorized differently than if it had been a military aircraft carrying only active-duty soldiers, sailors, airmen, or Marines.
“I’m sure that the rest of the family members and friends of those [aboard] were suffering just as we have and [were] grief-stricken for not only just that time frame in the beginning, but [it] has continued throughout our lives,” Barrowman said. “The important part is to try to find resolve, and if you can encourage others to find the way to some peace and contentment.
“When you comfort others, you’re able to somehow find contentment and peace,” Barrowman said. “So I have found, since we’ve talked, that I have, if you want to call it ‘a calling,’ to stand in the gap for the other families of those lost in the flight.” Plans are to dedicate the monument during a ceremony on June 3, 2023 – the 60th anniversary of the day Flight 293 went missing – and to invite as many friends and family members of those lost to attend, as well as to open the event to the broader community. And while elements of the dedication will indeed be somber, Greg Barrowman will also host a celebration afterwards at his nearby home.
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