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Doma Mallari looks through temporary fence Wednesday, September 3, 1986 which was erected around the area where the Aeromexico jetliner crashed in Cerritos, Calif., Sunday. OHair, former chief of community outreach for the San Diego County Department of Mental Health, said that as long as 2 1/2 years after the San Diego crash, we were seeing people who we hadnt seen before who were saying, essentially, I cant go on with this (memory of the crash), its interfering with my life too much. But it doesnt go away. Or sometimes I remember those little kids.. After the Cerritos City Council discussed commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the crash, two dozen residents signed a petition asking that no ceremony take place. With each educational laurel, he thinks of how pleased his mother would be. Long after the funerals and the insurance payoffs and the title transfers and the first Christmases have been endured, a feeling of incompleteness still plagues the survivors. With no survivors from the initial air collision, much more death and destruction followed as metal, fire, and bodies rained onto Cerritos homes, trees and the unoccupied grounds of. On a recent Tuesday evening, just back in his newly built home, Doug Fuller looked out of his living room and saw another eternal nuisance, the gawkers, the strangers who still drive up and down the block, still curious, still gesturing from their cars. We didnt need those reminders.. Credit Cards Accepted. A resident has added "Lookie Lou's Go Home" message to a "Local Traffic Only" sign Wednesday, September 3, 1986 in Cerritos, Calif., near the area where an Aeromexico Jetliner plunged to the ground after colliding with a small plane. Thats what people thought of when they thought of Cerritos, said Diana Needham, a City Council member at the time. News of the disaster made front-page headlines across the world, and for many, it was the first time anyone had heard of Cerritos. Did they see the Piper? Unlike war veterans, the people of Cerritos were not expecting to be attacked. It was a clear day, cloudless, with visibility of 15 miles. On August 31, 1986, an Aeromexico DC-9 was clipped by a small plane over Cerritos. Yeah, you kind of make sure you see that plane go over and it makes that turn towards LAX..