Watch Memorial Event for 1996 FL Jet Crash that Killed 110

Twenty five years later, firefighters who responded to a plane crash in South Florida that killed 110 people are still dealing with the aftermath of the tragedy.

ValuJet Flight 592 was on its way from Miami to Atlanta on May 11, 1996, when the crash happened. Oxygen canisters in the plane's cargo area caught fire, and the aircraft went down in the Everglades, killing everyone on the flight.

"It’s a trauma that I think we all carry,” former Miami-Dade firefighter Willi Alvarez told WTVJ-TV.

A remembrance ceremony was planned for Tuesday at the site of the crash in Everglades National Park. Despite the painful memories, Alvarez feels it's important to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in 1996. 

“What I hope to do on this May 11, on the 25th anniversary, was once again have our people come out here and pay our respects for the families.”

Danny Llano, a diver who was working for the Miami-Dade Police Department at the time of the crash, recalls recovering items from the site 

“My first impression was how sad the whole circumstance was,” Llano said. “The tough things were some of the items. I found a teddy bear and things like that and that made it tough.”

Michael Gast was another police diver who was at the crash scene. The loss of life on that day has continued to haunt him a half century later.  

“It’s depressing," he told WTVJ. "It’s depressing when you realize 110 people were on that airplane and their lives just ended."