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[RICH.SCHRAMM@ecunet.org]

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BAPTIST LEADER AMONG 
VICTIMS OF PLANE CRASH IN QUEENS
 Word has been received that the Rev. Jean Luc 
Phanord, executive secretary of the Haitian Missionary 
Baptist Church Association in the Dominican Republic, was 
among the victims of American Airlines Flight #587 that 
crashed in Queens yesterday morning shortly after takeoff 
from John F. Kennedy Airport.
 All 260 passengers and crew members on board 
the plane and at least six persons on the ground were 
killed.  Initial evidence indicates mechanical malfunction 
was the cause of the accident.
 Dr. John Sundquist, executive director of American 
Baptist International Ministries, called on American 
Baptists to "pray for Rev. Phanord's family and his 
associates at the Haitian Missionary Baptist Church 
Association in the Dominican Republic and for Kristy Engle, 
International Ministries missionary to the Dominican 
Republic, who has worked very closely with Rev. 
Phanord."

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