Families Gather in Itta Bena for 9th Anniversary of Yanky 72 Crash

Families of the 16 service members killed when the Yanky 72 military transport plane crashed outside Itta Bena, Mississippi, returned to a memorial near the crash site nine years after the accident, the Mississippi Free Press reported.

Relatives gathered at the memorial to remember their loved ones, the Mississippi Free Press said.

The crash killed 16 service members outside Itta Bena, according to the Mississippi Free Press.

The account originally appeared on the Mississippi Free Press, which first published the report of the gathering.

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