height_ft played_for death_date weight_lb death_place birth_place career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
6 ducs d'angers 17 july 1996 189 long island , new york , united states roubaix , france 1996 defence 0 5 february 1971 michel breistroff.jpg michel breistroff
 1995
michel breistroff

michel breistroff -lrb- february 5 , 1971 -- july 17 , 1996 -rrb- was a french professional ice hockey defenceman .
breistroff was born in roubaix , france .
a graduate in anthropology from harvard university , he died at 25 in the crash of twa flight 800 off long island , new york .
he was playing professional ice hockey for french league team ducs d'angers at the time of his death .
he also played with the france national team during the 1996 men 's world ice hockey championships in vienna .
as a passenger on twa flight 800 , he was killed when the plane exploded shortly after takeoff in 1996 .
his then-fiancee , heidi snow , subsequently created aircraft casualty emotional support services -lrb- `` access '' -rrb- , an american nonprofit support group , based in new york city , which helps surviving family members of aircraft crash victims .
