On the last leg of a transatlantic flight from Sydney, Australia, to San Francisco, the Resolution crashed into the Corte de Madera Canyon on a foggy morning on Oct. 29, 1953, killing all 19 passengers onboard. More than 50 years later, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District installed as homage to the victims
After a series of speakers, the plaque was unveiled in a ribbon-cutting event by Half Moon Bay resident, Chris O’Donnell, who is credited with spearheading the effort to create the plaque to remember the Resolution and its passengers. The event ended with a stirring address from George Bordi, who was working in the area at the time and heard the crash of the Resolution.
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“In 1997 we had a new trail which was named the Resolution trail to commemorate the event,” she said. “Placing this plaque was another way to recognize the event.”
Maze also explained why the plaque was not at the exact spot of the crash.
“The plaque’s in the area, but the actual site is something we’d like to keep protected,” she said. “The site is erosive and people aren’t able to go off trail. We’d like the sanctity of site to be protected for the sake of environment.”
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