Michel Breistroff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Roubaix, Hauts-de-France, France
About Michel Breistroff
- Michel Breistroff (February 5, 1971 – July 17, 1996) was a French professional ice hockey defenceman.Breistroff was born in Roubaix, France.
- A graduate in anthropology from Harvard University, he died at 25 in the crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, New York.
- He was playing professional ice hockey for French league team Gothiques d'Amiens at the time of his death.
- He also played with the France national team during the 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Vienna. As a passenger on TWA Flight 800, he was killed when the plane exploded shortly after takeoff in 1996.
- His then-fiancée, Heidi Snow, subsequently created AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services ("ACCESS"), an American nonprofit support group, based in New York City, which helps surviving family members of aircraft crash victims.
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