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Tyrone

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A map shows the site of the crash in Tyrone, Pennsylvania.

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Memorial Service

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In 1958, a traveling circus troupe visited the gravesite of Barney Multany and William Thomas Lee, two canvas-men who lost their lives in the Walter L. Main wreck. An elephant placed a wreath on their graves at the Grandview Cemetery.

Tyrone Memorial

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The memorial that sits at the wreck site today.

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Megan Gannon
Megan Gannon
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Megan has been writing for Live Science and Space.com since 2012. Her interests range from archaeology to space exploration, and she has a bachelor's degree in English and art history from New York University. Megan spent two years as a reporter on the national desk at NewsCore. She has watched dinosaur auctions, witnessed rocket launches, licked ancient pottery sherds in Cyprus and flown in zero gravity. Follow her on Twitter and Google+.
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