There were 269 people aboard, including US Rep. Lawrence McDonald (D) of Georgia. There were no known survivors.
Rep. McDonald was originally scheduled to fly on on a previous flight. He missed that plane by just minutes because of a thunderstorm. He passed on a Pan Am flight to take advantage of a sponsored ticket for KAL007.
About 8000 children had been killed in Syria by about this time a year ago. Children who had done nothing but try to grow up. This debacle continues today.
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