The victims of a crash between a jet for American airlines and a helicopter of the US Army included an up -and -coming right star, a student of Ohio College, who came from the funeral of their grandfather, two Chinese nationals and a group of hunters who are guided Trip in Kansas.
In addition, two teenage skaters, their mothers and two former world champions who train in a historic Boston Club were also the 14 killed members of the Skating community.
They belonged to among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the commercial flight, which was killed by Wichita, can.
We know the following about some of the people who were killed in the crash on Wednesday evening:
Students and parents
Both the Howard University in Washington, DC and Wichita State University expressed “profound sadness” about the death of Kiath Duggins, who was born in 1994.
“Kiah was a proud alumna of the Barton School of Business, which was completed in spring 2017 with degrees in international business, business and Spanish,” said WSU in a statement on social media.
The school said Duggins graduated from Harvard Law School and worked in Washington in a non-profit organization in which “in the name of movements that questioned unconstitutional police and money deposits” and “studied the industrial complex of prison” .
According to the Howard University, Duggins should teach a course there in autumn.
Cedarville University in Ohio said that one of the passengers on the plane was Grace Maxwell, a junior main subject mechanical engineering.
Maxwell’s father, Dean Maxwell, said that she returned to campus from her house in Wichita after taking part in her grandfather’s funeral, reported the Wichita Eagle.
“Be sad, mourning, telling stories about how much you loved her, laughing in one moment and crying in the next cry and talking to someone as you need, and pray for God’s will for your parents and family while go through “Dr. Dan Estes told the students in a monument to Maxwell Livestream on the Social Media platforms of the Baptist School.
Three other students from schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, and six parents from the district were also on board the aircraft, said superintendent Michelle Reid in a letter to families. She did not identify her, but she said that the students came from different schools and two of the parents were current or former district employees.
The helicopter crew
The identity of the helicopter team was not officially released. But the wife of one of the helicopter pilots said on Facebook that her husband Andrew Eaves from Noxubeee County, Miss.
In a call, Carrie Eaves confirmed that the post was hers, while Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves also praised Trusorin in a statement.
We send out our deepest condolences to the families and friends of Ryan O’Hara and Sam Lilley while navigating this difficult time.
These two young Georgians shared a passion for the flight and for others, and this terrible tragedy is much more difficult, their …
The Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in a social media contribution offered “the families and friends of Ryan O’Hara and Sam Lilley our deepest condolences while navigating this difficult time”.
“These two young Georgians shared a passion for the flight and for the service of others, and this terrible tragedy is so much more difficult to know that her life was cut so unexpectedly,” said Kemp.
While Lilley was an American Airlines employee, it wasn’t O’Hara. In an interview with a television station Atlanta, O’Hara was remembered as a “outstanding soldier”.
The American Airlines Crew
The 28 -year -old Lilley was one of two pilots on the plane and was the first officer, his father Timothy Lilley, in a Facebook post.
“I was so proud when Sam became a pilot,” he said. “Now it hurts so that I can’t even cry to sleep.”
The Georgia legislator James Burchett praised Lilley in a statement and said that Georgia Southern University’s graduate was engaged to marriage.
The flight attendant Ian Epstein was a outgoing person who loved his job, his ex-wife Debi Epstein told Charlotte Observer. He had two daughters, including one who marries in eight weeks, she said.
According to the observer, the 34 -year -old Jonathan Campos was also in Charlotte. According to several news, he reported the captain of the American Airlines Flight.
His aunt, Beverly Lane, told the New York Times that Campos had wanted to be a pilot since the three -member age.
Danasia Elder was a flight attendant on the trade, reported WSOC TV in Charlotte, NC,.
The brother -in -law of Elder, Brandon Payne, described her as “full of life” and the mother of two children.
Skating community destroyed
Doug Zeghibe, CEO of the Boston CEO skate club, said on Thursday that skater Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and her mothers were killed under the killed, together with the world champions of the 1994, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov from Russia.
“We saw how Jinna just grew up from a tiny little Tyke in this amazingly mature 13-year-old,” he said. “A great actor, a great competitor and outside the ice cream, a great child.” Her mother was identified as Jin Han.
The coaches of the teen skaters, the Shishkova and Naumov born in Russia, won the Pairs title at the 1994 World Championships.
In an explanation, the Lane family remembered Christine Lane, Nathan’s mother, for both her unique talents and for her commitment to parenthood.
“Christine has her life in her life creativity exude Spencer and his brother Milo,” said the family.
The historic club has developed the former Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan and Tenley Albright.
“I definitely don’t have any answers. I really can’t believe that it happened because I present them here,” said Albright and broke into tears.
The association then learned that the former alumnus and world champion Dick Button, 95, died in the state of New York on Thursday.
Ex -US two prominent coaches were among 14 members of the Skating community who were killed in the collision.
Everly and Alydia Livingston-14 and 11 years old, young athletes in Washington and on social media were known as “ice skating sisters”.
In Virginias Loudoun County, a trainer was also identified in a skating club as under the passengers, confirmed Virginia Rep. Suhas Subramanyam. The club, Ashburn Ice House, said that his “figure skating community was directly affected”, but did not give any further details.
The Philadelphia Skating Club and the Humane Society said that she had lost “beloved members of our club”, but did not identify them publicly.
Foreigner
The Filipino police Col. Pergentino Malabed Jr., who headed the National Police Department for Supply Management, was among the dead. According to the Filipino police, he had traveled to the United States to inspect the equipment that the Philippines wanted to buy for their 232,000-person force.
“His early death is a profound defeat for the Filipino National Police, where he served with honor and integrity and commitment throughout his career,” said police spokesman Col. Randulf Tuano in a statement.
The Chinese embassy in the USA said that two Chinese citizens were also victims. There were no further details.
Asra Hussain Raza
The 26 -year -old Raza sent her husband Hamaad a text from the flight, who was doomed to fail when they approached Washington, and said she would land in about 20 minutes.
The 25 -year -old Hamaad Raza, who was waiting at her arrival at the airport, never received another message, said his father Hashim Raza Reuters.
The mayor of Wichita, Lily Wu, held a press conference on Thursday to update the public after a passenger jet from Wichita in the Washington area had crashed after colliding with a helicopter.
According to Hashim Raza, the father of Hamaad, the couple met at Indiana University Bloomington. Asra Hussain Raza then acquired her master’s degree in public health and worked with a consulting group in Washington with the ultimate goal of working for the government to improve public health, her father-in-law said.
“Everything she wanted to do was to help people, and DC, she thought, was the place where she could achieve her goals,” said Raza. “And she was such a great cook – Indian, Italian, Chinese food. I told her to open a restaurant.”
She traveled to Wichita about once or twice a month to turn a hospital around, he said.
Wendy Shaffer
Bill Melugin, a correspondent and a friend of the family, confirmed her death and published an explanation of Shaf’s husband Nate in an X -Post.
Shaffer, who lived in Charlotte, dedicated her life to her family, including her two small children aged one and three years, with friends on Thursday.
Members of a Maryland Union
The killed also included four steam fruits, all members of a locals from the United Association Union in Suburban Maryland, said union leader in a social media post on Thursday.
“Our focus is now on offering support and care for the families of our brothers, while we will continue to collect further information in the coming days,” said the post of UA General President Mark McManus and Chris Madello, the Local 602 business manager .
Hunters who return from the trip
According to a Facebook post by Fowl Plains, the Guide Service from Great Bend, KAN, seven people were killed by Fowl Plains.
The Fowl Plains team said they had grown near the hunters on board the flight over the years and considered them as family members. The article does not identify the hunters by name, but he is called that they had spent the past week on a guided hunt, “laughing, talking about our families and sharing memories”.
“With a broken heart, there is an understatement,” said the company.
