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All 67 passengers aboard the American Airlines regional jet and the US Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided with the midar on Wednesday night, they are considered dead – a serious tragedy who left the heart -wrenching footpath of the mourning families in their waking families. Is.

Somber day will be remembered Deadly aviation disaster In America since 2001.

As the details of disturbing destruction emerge and additional bodies are identified, the full weight and effect of life is heavy. There are some victims of the tragedy identified here so far.

First officer Sam Lily and Captain Jonathan Campos

Sam Lily, a young fiancée was waiting for his fall wedding, piloting the American airlines flight, which was a few minutes away from a safe landing, when a conflict with an army helicopter caused both air The ships and all were immersed on the board in the Potomac River of Virginia.

Lily’s father, Timothy Lily said, “When Sam became a pilot, I was very proud,” Lily’s father, Timothy Lily said Facebook Post on Thursday. “Now it hurts so bad that I cannot even cry myself to sleep. I know I will see her again but my heart is breaking. ,

28 -year -old Lily, the first officer in the flight, his father said in the post, and “he was great in his career and his personal life.”

Timothy Lily said, “It is very destructive to lose someone who loves very much.” “This is undoubtedly the worst day of my life,” he said Fox 5 Atlanta,

The condolence father, who served as a helicopter pilot in the army for 20 years, said that he believes that the commercial jets involved in the incident were following appropriate procedures.

“What can I see, they made them correct in the jet. I think PSA Jet was doing everything right, ”Lily told Fox 5 to Atlanta. “The army pilot made a serious error. It hurts me because he is my brother, and now my son is dead. ,

According to a fellow pilot, Jonathan Campos, the captain of the American Airlines flight was also killed, who personally knew the campos. The colleague said that Campos became a captain for the airline in 2022.

“He was a wonderful person,”, a family member of the Campos, Edward Campos told CNN. “He loved to fly. He loved his family. ,

53 -year -old Ian Epstein, a flight attendant in the American Airlines flight, was involved in a deadly collision, her sister, Robbie Bloom confirmed CNN.

“My brother was a wonderful, wonderful man. He loved life. He preferred to travel. He loved his job. He loved his family. And he will miss badly, ”Bloom said.

According to the Bloom, Epstein, which was a flight attendant for many years, leaves two children and two step children behind.

He said, “She used to make friends everywhere. He used to talk about those who met in the plane as they were all new friends, ”Bloom said.

26 -year -old Asra Hussain Raza was one of many victims, his father -in -law Dr. Hashim Raza told CNN.

Hussain Raza, a daughter of Indian immigrants, graduated in 2020 with honors from Indiana University and married her college girlfriend in August 2023, Raza said.

Raza was a Washington, a DC-based advisor who traveled to Wichita twice a month, who said his father-in-law to work on a turnaround project for a hospital there. He often called him at the end of his late emergency room shift to make sure that he was awake at the drive home, he told CNN.

“She went out of her way for everyone,” Raza said.

Members of the four Steamfitter Union, who were killed in a deadly collision, used to announce on Thursday. A steamfitter is a traditionalist that installs and maintains the piping system that carries steam, water and other liquid or gases and often works in power plants, factories and construction sites.

“We are breaking hearts to confirm that four members of UA SteamFitors Local 602 were among the victims of American Airlines Flight 5342 crash yesterday,” United association Traveling and trainees of the Plumbing and Pipefiting Industry of the United States and Canada said on X.

The Sangh said, “Our focus is now on providing support and care to the families of the brothers as we continue to collect more information in the coming days,” the Sangh said, they said, for a nationwide relief effort for the families of the victims. Are planning

Six American figure skating athletes, coaches and family members

The Skating Club said on Thursday that the skating champions, two young skates and their two parents were one of those killed in aircraft accident.

Evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov The couple was the 1994 World Figure Skating Champion. He represented Russia, but moved to America, where he launched a successful coaching career. His son, Maxim Naomov, won fourth in the US Mains Figure Skating Championship at the end of last week.

Skator Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine Lane, Skaters Jinnah Han and his mother, Jin Han, were also killed with Skating Club of Boston.

The tragedy will have a profound impact on the World Figure Skating Championship in March, which will be held in Boston this year.

Athletes and others were included in the American Airlines flight Return from a development camp It was held with the US Figure Skating Championship, which was held for several days in Wichita, which was according to the Figure Skating -oversee organization in the US. Boston’s Skating Club Six nominees Those who were killed in an accident.

He was participating in events related to the US Figure Skating Championship in Kansas, the national governing body of the game confirmed.

The US Olympic Figure Skater Nancy Kerigan, who went to the Skating Club in Boston on Thursday, the community she loves, she said that she “never loved anyone with skating” as athletes that conflicts as athletes. had died.

“I am not sure how to process it,” he said crying.

Kerigan said that she was watching the coverage of the tragedy all night, but then “When you know that you know some of the aircraft, it is also a big shock.”

While Kerigan said that she did not know the coaches personally, she remembered seeing her for years. He remembered that he always had a “smile on his face”.

“To walk here and not to see, I think it will be very strange for every person who comes here, especially those who are outside the day and day,” he said. “It’s going to be difficult.”

CNN’s Juan Carlos Lopez and Taylor Galno contributed to the report.