Michel Breistroff

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Breistroff died on N93119, the Boeing 747-131 used for TWA Flight 800
Breistroff died on N93119, the Boeing 747-131 used for TWA Flight 800

Michel Breistroff (born February 5, 1971 in Roubaix, France, died July 17, 1996 off Long Island, New York) was a French professional ice hockey defender.

Graduate in antropology from Harvard University, he died at 25 in the crash of TWA Flight 800.

AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services ("ACCESS"), an American nonprofit support group based in New York City that helps surviving family members of aircraft crash victims was created by the Heidi Snow, then fiancee of Michel Breistroff.

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He also played with the France national team during the 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Vienna.

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