Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Orly plane crash in 1962.
It was then the world’s deadliest airplane accident, killing 122 people. A hundred and six of them were members of the Atlanta Arts Association, and an outpouring of sympathy from across the country resulted in millions of dollars donated on behalf of the lives lost.
Those donations led to the creation of the Memorial Arts Center, now known as the Woodruff Arts Center.
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