Victims of Flight 587 remembered

NEW YORK -- A bell tolled Saturday for each of the 265 people killed one year ago in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which plunged into a residential area just after taking off on a flight to the Dominican Republic.

Each of the victims' names was read at a hilltop service in Astoria Park, where a grove of trees was planted.

"Today is a day of healing. This grove is symbolic of life," said Randy Daniels, New York's secretary of state.

About 200 people attended the ceremony in the park under the Hell Gate Bridge over the East River. A companion grove was to be planted Tuesday in the Dominican town of Bani, where many people on the flight were traveling for an annual festival.

The Airbus A300-600 bound for Santo Domingo crashed just 103 seconds after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause.

Evidence presented at an NTSB hearing a week ago in Washington suggests the co-pilot moved the rudder back and forth before it swerved violently and the plane's tail fin broke off. The reason for the maneuver has not been determined.