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One of the three killed after hitting a passenger jet on Wednesday near Washington, a Durham native and UNC-Capel Hill, was identified, one of the three, who died on the airline and another 64 people aboard the airline. Went.
The army identified the other two soldiers on Friday, but initially withdrew the name of 28-year-old Captain Rebecca Lobac at the request of its parents. Then, with their approval, the army released its name over the weekend.
Locbach attended the South University, South University in Tennessee, where he played basketball. She moved to UnC-Chapel Hill, which put her behind other Rotc cadets for two years.
But she did not lag behind for a long time, Jasmine Johnson said, a friend and a loback study partner.
Johnson said, “She came in and ran in the field and performed perfectly excellent.” “Aviation is a prestigious branch and one that a lot of people fight, but she excelled so soon. She joined her junior year, and she quickly reached the top of our class, and then between the top between the top A reputed military graduate, 20%in the country.
Johnson, an Apache attack helicopter pilot with the Northern Carolina National Guard said what was about Lobac, putting in that kind of performance. He said that Lobac loved flying.
“She loved a challenge, mostly like Aviars,” Johnson said. “She wanted to be a part of that culture, was on the moon about what she did to fight weapons and serve her country, to be a good leader, and what she did. “
Johnson said she was proud to know Lobac.
Johnson said, “He had a way to listen to people and feel valuable, which turned through our friendship and into an incarnation of an army leader.” “She was inspired, inspired, and she knew how to inspire others.”
“She came to the program and suddenly, she is performing better than everyone,” Johnson said. “And so she was definitely a friendly inspiration and just to be around a joy.”
Lobac has served as an army aviation officer since 2019 and was also a military social ally at the White House during the Biden administration.
In a written statement, his family said that Lobac’s White House work involves helping incidents such as the Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony.
He also voluntarily worked voluntarily to become a certified victim advocate for the army’s sexual harassment/attack response and prevention program (sharp). Her parents wrote that that work had shaped Lobac’s plans for the future, and she expected to become a doctor after her service in the army.
“He once said,” My experiences with Sharp have strengthened my resolve to serve others with mercy, understanding and resources required for treatment, “his family wrote.
“Rebecca was many things. She was a daughter, sister, partner and friend. She was a servant, a careful, a lawyer,” he wrote. “Most of all, she loved and loved. Her life was small, but she created a difference in all of them who knew her. Our hearts break up for other families who have broken the loved ones in this national tragedy Lost and we mourn them. “
All said, 67 people were killed in the accident, including Lobac’s partner Black Hawk Pilot Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Ems, 39, Great Mills 39, Maryland and Crew Member Staff Sergeant Ryan O’Hara, 28 -year -old Lilburn, Georgia K. The 28 -year -old was involved.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump have said that the helicopter must have been flying very high, putting it in the airline, which was about to land at the Reagan National Airport.
