As the days wore on, the grief magnified. The stress was so severe, some were asked to be relieved from duty in the days following the tragedy.

Swissair Flight 111 was less than an hour into its overnight journey from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to Geneva, Switzerland, when the first hint of trouble was detected.

It has been 15 years since Swissair Flight 111 crashed off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia.