The Untold Heroism of Arland D. Williams Jr. Amid National Tragedy Resurfaces After 40 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The official name of the 14th Street Bridge in D.C. may not be one that most people are familiar with, but it memorializes a heroic individual by the name of Arland D. Williams, Jr. who sacrificed his life to save others during a tragic plane crash in 1982. The Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the frozen Potomac River remains a harrowing event 42 years later. The sequence of unfortunate errors and …