The skate figure, 12, who died at the plane crash, had already beaten cancer

At the age of only 12 years, skaters of figures Briere beer had already lived a life both inside and outside the ice.

Bleille was one of Wednesday’s victims January 29, the Washington DC plane crash when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport. The skate was aboard the plane with her mother, JUSTYNAAs the pair returned from the US National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas.

During an interview with ABC News on Thursday, January 30, it was revealed that Brielle was also a survivor of cancer.

“She was just such a fighter in everything she did,” Baba of Brielle, Andy Beyertold the reporter Whit Johnson. “She lived life to the maximum with everything. She was so proud of herself in the skating of the figures for the progress she had made. “

He added, “She simply had a passion for everything she did in life. Just singing at home, she had a beautiful singing voice. I’ll miss me a lot because she just lit the house with her wonderful voice.”

Andy remembered to feel worried when he was on his way to take brielle and justyna from the airport.

“When it came time for the plane to land, they had not come down,” he said. “We could not receive text messages. I saw the fire trucks and everything and I knew. I called a friend of my air traffic controller and she confirmed it was their flight. “

Andy said he had to wait hours to get “the official word of what had happened.”

In the absence of his wife and daughter, Andy has been “true” with his 6-year-old son for tragedy.

“I’m asking if he has any questions,” he explained. “Unfortunately, he just has to restore it. He has to ask the same questions about what happened over and over again. But I’m just telling the truth that they were in a terrible accident and that they died.”

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Andy added, “I’m just informing him that he is dear.”

In conclusion, Andy was asked to reflect on the last conversation he had with his daughter.

“We were excited that she would come home. I missed,” he said. “They had disappeared for six days before that happened. I really missed. a large group of coaches and other skater that were our second family. “

Brielle was one of at least 14 skater figures returning from Wichita who died at the plane crash. In total, at least 60 passengers and four crew members were killed.