Designed to look similar to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., the TWA memorial will be a black stone wall bearing all the victims' names on one side and a drawing of 230 doves on the other. The wall will be oriented so that the doves face the water. A flower bed will decorate the monument's front, and flags of the countries of the victims will surround the memorial. The story of the crash and the names of Long Islanders who tried to help in the rescue will be included in the monument. Towle said the county would front the money to build the monument if it could not be raised in time to dedicate the memorial next year.
Seaman is glad to see the memorial take shape.
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