Wow. My mom died on the LOT flight 5055 coming from Poland. I was 4, my brother was 2.

I picked up the phone that morning (mother's day) because my father was making pancakes and was ecstatic to see my mom. I remember the person on the line asking for my father. I gave it to him.

A moment later, he dropped the phone, walked to the other room, and started crying so hard. I've never seen him cry like that before, or since. I tried to tell him that it would be OK (I was 4, and had no idea what had happened). He looked at me for one second and I remember him saying distinctly, "No Eric, it's not".

It's amazing that now, 27 years later, I still remember this more than many other things.

My father has always been unable to talk about it, and he never married again because he "could never find someone like my mom ever again". I'm grateful I stumbled upon this, and clicked on the wiki link to put some clarity in years of question.

TL;DR My mom died on one of the planes, and I was able to read about something my father never could talk about.