Six months after ValuJet Flight 592 slammed into the Florida Everglades killing all 110 people aboard, the crash site remains closed to the public. Overhead, planes run a normal flight pattern toward Miami International Airport. Below, jet fuel has prevented wildlife from coming back.
Birds keep a distance.
Vegetation is slowly recovering. Twice a month, wildlife officers and homicide detectives gather them up. Since the crash, some of the victims' family members have felt compelled to come back to this site. They are escorted by Lt. Jerry Lord, a Florida wildlife officer who witnesses the healing provided by the visitations.