DENVER – It’s was right around 7 p.m. on November 1, 1955 when passengers of United Flight 629 settled into the DC-6 for the the trip from Denver’s Stapleton Airport to Portland.

Minutes later, controllers in the tower saw a bright flash in the northwest sky as the dark reality of what would become the f irst sabotage of a U.S. airliner became part of Weld County’s story.

The airliner broke up and fell into the field and farmland as ordinary residents and first responders rushed to the chaos.

There was no one to save. 44 people, whose names and faces have largely been lost in Colorado history, were gone. The 44 victims of the Flight 629 tragedy.

Some were headed to see family, others, including crew members, weren’t supposed to be on that flight.One thing they all had in common: Th

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