two coaches who were lost. evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. they are in their own right. legendary skaters. what does that loss mean to your community? >> uh. >> we lost. >> parents. they were like parents to the rink. they. >> their students were like their kids. >> they devoted their lives to their sport, to the sport they absolutely loved the sport. and to to lose them is. it's like losing your parents. that's the best way to put it. they were unbelievable skaters. unbelievable coaches and nothing but excellency was expected from them. and that's what they gave. >> and you can watch more of our interview on news night page at cnn.com. and thank you for watching news night, cnn's special coverage of the mid-air collision over the potomac

continues next. >> and good evening. tonight we are coming to you from ronald reagan national airport in virginia. less than 24 hours after a sickening tragedy, the deadliest plane crash in the u.s. in nearly a quarter century. a short time ago, we learned that one of the flight recorders aboard the american airlines plane, known as the black box, has been recovered. 67 men, women and children are dead after the flight collided with an army blackhawk helicopter. now it's too dark to see. but the potomac river is behind me, and we have been watching all day. difficult and dangerous recovery operations taking place on and in its frigid waters. divers and crews have to contend not just with the icy water, but wind and currents, twisted steel, jet fuel and a debris field that's very long. at this hour, operations are suspended for the night. the bodies of more than 40 people have so far been recovered. dc's fire and ems chief told cnn today that he is

confident they will recover the remains of everyone. there is no good news, but that at least means families will be able to bring their lost loved ones home. much of how last night's collision could have occurred that's still a mystery. this is what we know right now at about 6:39 p.m. eastern, the american airlines flight took off from wichita, kansas. then, just before 8:48 p.m., an air traffic controller appeared to communicate with the helicopter using its call sign, priority air transport, or p.a.t. 2-5. and then seconds later, the collision occurs and you actually hear the controllers react. listen. >> zubeidi james risch. p.a.t. 2-5. >> pam bondi sergey brin. >> pittsburgh has an. >> aircraft separation. >> separation. >> for 72. >> washington. star one. star

32017. >> well, that collision was caught on camera. and we're going to show that to you now. on the left is the helicopter. it's small. a small dot moving toward the plane, which we have spot shadow traveling straight at it. then you see a fireball at about 8:48 p.m., the faa issued an alert warning about an aircraft incident. the ntsb has called it a, quote, very quick rapid impact. the reason for it is, of course, now under investigation. a source tells our pete muntean who is going to join us in just a few seconds. that one air traffic controller was working two different tower positions at the time. the collision. unclear if that played any role. the same source says that setup is not uncommon. a government source also tells me tonight that a tower supervisor made that staffing decision, which they can do when air traffic is light. the source said there was no, in their words, staffing trigger, meaning they were not short staffed. according to an army official, the instructor pilot on the blackhawk was conducting a

training mission. he had about 1000 flight hours. his copilot was being evaluated, had about 500 hours. now the crash comes after three incidents of close calls involving helicopters near reagan national airport reported in the last three years. the ntsb today said it hopes to have a preliminary report within 30 days. but as you can tell, flights are now still have begun taking off again from the airport. we're also learning more about those killed tonight. according to u.s. figure skating, athletes and coaches and family members returning home from a development camp in wichita, kansas, were aboard, the skating club of boston said. among those dead are a married pair of skaters who won the 1994 world championships. also, several young skaters from other clubs were on board, including two sisters age 11 and 14 years old, along with their parents. we'll bring you more about who was on board throughout this hour as we learn. i want to start right now with our aviation correspondent, pete muntean. pete, let's talk about where the investigation now stands.

>> stunning. >> sad and preventable. >> this incident was and really this has been an incredible response for this investigation. >> 50 ntsb. >> investigators now on the scene here. ironically, this. is the spot where they launched the go team from hangar six, which is only maybe a half mile from where we are standing. and now this is the scene of the worst air disaster. the ntsb has investigated in decades. the national. transportation safety board is now investigating what caused the deadliest aviation disaster in the united states in more than 23 years. >> we are. >> all here because this is an all. >> hands on. deck event. and we're here. >> to assure. >> the american people. that we are going to leave no. >> stone unturned. american eagle flight 5342, a canadair regional jet operated by psa airlines, callsign blue streak, directed to land at reagan national airport's runway 33.

one of the most complicated approaches in the country, and running very close to a special corridor used for helicopters flying close to the ground. >> yeah, we can do three 36 3342. >> the flight's captain had nearly six years of experience with the airline, and the first officer nearly two years, according to american airlines ceo. >> runway three three christine lane. >> four minutes later, the control tower tells a u.s. army blackhawk helicopter call sign priority air transport, or p.a.t. 2-5, on a training mission to look out for the passenger plane and go behind it. >> zubeidi sergey brin flight p.a.t. 2-5 pam bondi zain verjee p.a.t. 2-5 has an aircraft separation. >> despite the helicopter pilot saying he saw the jet about 13 seconds later. disaster. as they slam into each other. >> crash crash crash. >> this is layer three. >> the plane shattered into three pieces, plunging into the dark potomac river where both aircraft landed upside down.

>> it was probably out in the middle of the river. um, i just saw a fireball, and then it was just gone. so i haven't seen anything since they hit the river. but it was a crash and a helicopter that hit. >> more than 301st responders descended on the scene for a desperate search in near freezing cold water. but not one of the 64 people on the plane and the three people on the helicopter survived. >> a loss of life in an aviation accident is very unusual in the united states, and our heartfelt sorrow goes out to everyone that's affected. it affects us. it affects everyone around us. >> pete muntean is here with me. also joining me now are cnn aviation analyst and former transportation department inspector general, mary schiavo and les abend, a retired american airlines captain. this black hawk helicopter, pete, was in a special corridor. um, i mean, that's normal, that there's a lot of blackhawks and

military craft in that corridor. >> it's very close. is the only issue to the final approach here for runway three three, the secondary runway that is used here at reagan national airport when things are quite busy and was in use last night, one big change that has taken place since last night's awful fatal incident is runway three. three is now, at least temporarily closed, probably the first of many major changes that we will see stemming from this accident. and airline pilots i've been talking to are wondering why that helicopter corridor, that special corridor known as route four, is so close to planes arriving and departing here. >> mary, obviously very early in the investigation, a black box has been recovered. one, what stands out to you? i mean, it's too early to say anything, really, but what stands out to you about what we know? >> well, what we know so far, and we learned some from the press release today by the ntsb. and they did give us a few more details that the the plunge into the river and the the dive was very quick. there were no

emergency slides or any kind of emergency evacuation procedures. so it was a very quick and sudden entry into the water. and they did detail a lot of the information about families and what they can do for family assistance that both the ntsb and of course, the airline has family assistance programs. and the other thing that stood out is the continuing information that's coming out about the communications between the tower and this helicopter and just what pete said, why, after so many years. and it came out that there have been other complaints about this helicopter route so close to the runways, but it's been gone on for so many years with other complaints and other near-misses. >> you know, les your pilot, we just got some breaking news that cnn has learned that the day before last night's crash, another jet approaching reagan national airport was forced to abort its first landing. go around after a helicopter flew near its flight path. that's according to air traffic control audio. um, what? at this point,

les, what stands out to you? what do you think? what concerns you the most? >> well, this we've. >> been doing arrivals. >> into into reagan national for years and years without any. instances that that have caused this tragedy. um, what stands out to me is that. somehow that airplane was accepted a landing on runway three three, even after it was lined up and set for the arrival for runway one, which potentially could have caused that um, sort of that drift out to the east so they could line up properly with this with a more northwest runway as opposed to the original north runway. um, so that, that, that that strikes me right away. the problem is at night when you accept that kind of situation, you also accept other issues, and you put those all into the ingredients you're dealing with

trying to find a helicopter at night as a as a pilot. it's very difficult in the daytime, um, at nighttime, you can't discern with all the congestion you have of different kind of lights that it blends in. it gets camouflaged among everything else. so their avoidance issue, um, was very tough, very challenging. >> but, pete, what do we know about the staffing in the control tower? >> that's going to be a big concern for investigators. and we know from a source that the staffing in the control tower was relatively light when this incident took place, that the controllers were able to combine two positions into one. it's something that they do when things get a little quieter later at night, meaning one controller controlling not only the takeoffs and landings of civilian commercial flights here at national airport, but also speaking to the helicopters that

transitioned this airspace. so very often, we do know that controllers just in general are stretched to the limit. many are working mandatory overtime, six day weeks, ten hour shifts. there's an incredible shortage of air traffic controllers nationwide, and the faa training center in oklahoma city is incredibly backlogged and has been since before the pandemic. it's something that the biden administration really tried to shore up in an incredible way. they hired about 1800 controllers in 2024, but the shortage is not totally out of the woods just yet, and it's definitely something that investigators will want to look at. is the fatigue. that may have been a factor for controllers here, because it's been a factor in other near-miss incidents. >> and mary, just in terms of the black box from this jet that was found, what initially can be found from that? >> well, from the black boxes, they will get all of the technical information that they need to to supplement and back up and really nail down all of the things that have already been reported. the communications from the air traffic control tower, the actual flight, the altitude, the

engine settings, literally everything on that plane will be recorded in the black boxes. and i think, you know, so many accidents that we have worked and they've been mysteries for so long. there's a lot of clues here. and i think the black box will really nail down everything that has been said so far and reported, and the positioning, um, including perhaps even additional information from the helicopter, even though the helicopter, of course, did not have that kind of equipment. >> last i talked to captain sully sullenberger just in the last couple of hours. he suggested that this airspace here at reagan national needs more safety zones and more altitude separation between low flying planes and helicopters. do you do you agree with that? what else would you suggest might needs to be looked at? >> well, the problem is you've got a lot of restricted airspace to begin with. i think what might help the situation is to reduce the distance in, not

reduce, but increase the distance, what we call in trail of other airplanes, in other words, give more time between arrivals and departures. this isn't going to make a lot of people happy, because that does cut down on the on frequencies. but indeed it gives the controllers some time to sort any sort of transient helicopters, even at that low altitude. um, to, to go through safely. >> you know, i just at this hour, i just keep thinking about these divers and these crews who have been out here. i mean, they have been working around the clock. the conditions are dangerous for them. and there's twisted metal. there's aircraft down under the water. it's it's extraordinary what they're doing. >> the fuselage came apart in three parts. we know and we know from the risks of the key bridge ship collision and bridge collapse that things can really make a diver's fate very perilous. underwater. it's only about eight feet of water here in the potomac river. and the water temperature has been about

35 degrees. so that really compounded the risk for divers last night. we know that divers came far and wide to try a rescue operation, which very clearly was going to be a recovery operation because hypothermia would set in only in a matter of minutes. the response has been nothing short of incredible. and there have been 301st responders here on the scene. and even tonight i'm seeing some of the flashing lights. >> it's still see boats out there. >> it's incredible. the pall that has fallen over reagan national airport tonight and a bit surreal that flights are taking off and landing. you have to wonder about the passengers who were on those flights taking off as this operation continues. >> pete muntean. thank you mary schiavo as well. and as well, pete's going to stay with us because coming up, we're going to discuss how the president of the united states took this moment of tragedy and grief and turned it into a political discussion about diversity, hiring a fact check on that just ahead. and later. the skating community is mourning tonight. what we know about some of the young athletes, their parents,

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faa's language about diversity was present during the first trump administration as well. it basically was an effort to follow federal law and not discriminate against people with disabilities, particularly by the way, veterans with injuries or disabilities that they've suffered in combat. in fact, increasing federal hiring of qualified people who happen to have disabilities. that's been a goal of government agencies since the 1970s. here's a version of the faa web page on diversity. it was captured by the internet archive in december 2020, his last full month as president. and it talks about diversity and inclusion and how it's, quote, integral to achieving faa's mission of ensuring safe and efficient travel across our nation and beyond. now, the department of transportation has tried to increase its hiring of people with what they call targeted disabilities, meaning people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities, but also deafness, blindness and paralysis. the faa has always stated, though, that anyone hired would have to meet qualifications of the job, and this again, was the policy under

donald trump's first administration. daniel dale notes in his fact check that the faa wrote in 2019 that the quote, candidates in this program will receive the same vigor, the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical and security qualifications as those individuals considered for a standard public opening for air traffic controller jobs. president trump did later in his news conference today backpedal a bit. >> we don't know that necessarily. it's even the controller's fault. >> on dei and the claims that you've made. are you saying this crash was somehow. >> caused and the result. >> of diversity hiring? and what. evidence have you seen to support these claims? >> it just could have been the people in the helicopter should have seen where they were going. i can't imagine people with, uh, 20 over 20 vision not seeing, you know, what's happening up there. >> so he's kind of all over the place. he was blaming diversity. then he's saying that maybe it

wasn't the air traffic controller's fault, suggesting that the pilots in the helicopter were the problem. should have seen. then he was seemed to be unsure of his accusations about diversity. hiring. at a signing ceremony later in the day, he said this., mr. president. >> to be clear, are you saying race or gender played a role in this tragedy? >> it may have. i don't know, incompetence might have played a role. well, we'll let you know that. >> well, joining us now, anchor and chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. and back with us, pete muntean. kaitlan, you continue to press the president on this. it is amazing to me that in this moment, he would just pontificate about a whole bunch of wild theories, none of which there's any evidence directly of, and some of which back his political, you know, mission about dei. >> yeah, it may be shocking, but it's not surprising. as someone

who's covered trump for eight years now, i mean, just recently, earlier this month, he did the same thing with the new orleans terror attack. he falsely linked it to migrants, when in fact there was no link. it was a u.s. citizen who carried out that attack. and so today, when this matter came up, trump had posted about the attack or about the collision overnight and raising questions about the helicopter pilot and how they were conducting this. and so moments when he came out to the briefing today, his first time in the briefing room since he took office, he took a moment of silence for the victims. and then almost immediately began blaming these diversity initiatives. we pressed him on whether or not there was any evidence, and also on the fact that this investigation was only hours old at this point. didn't yet know the names of the 67 people who were killed. and you are blaming democrats and dei policies and air traffic control, and seemingly the member of the u.s. military who was flying that black hawk helicopter, don't you think you're getting ahead of the investigation right now? >> i don't think so at all. i don't think where the names of the people. you mean the names

of the people that are on the plane. you think that's going to make a difference? they comfort their families. they are a group of people that have lost their lives. if you want a list of the names we can give you that we'll be giving that very soon. we're in coordination with american airlines. we're in coordination very strongly, obviously with the military, but i think that's not a very smart question. i'm surprised, coming from you. >> are you blaming. >> for. >> yes. >> and the point obviously is not about the names or the list or the manifest. the point is that these bodies were still being pulled out of the potomac as the president was raising these questions, and we do not know what has led to this. there is very much an investigation that is still underway. the chair of the ntsb was actually sitting alongside the wall in that room, and i noticed that the vice president got up and spoke also about these initiatives. so did the defense secretary, who, of course, has been briefed on this, given the black hawk involvement and also the brand new transportation secretary. we never heard from the ntsb director herself during that briefing or the brand new

acting faa administrator. i should note that for all the talk about who is staffing and right now, trump obviously took office at the beginning of last week, but there is no permanent faa head, no deputy, faa head, no permanent tsa head, and no deputy at the tsa either. and so a lot of questions about that, because the faa had resigned after trump won and before he took office, and there is no one at the tsa. and so, because trump fired them. so real questions, of course, about the leadership there as this big investigation is going to get underway and real questions about what they change. but but, you know, it almost reminded me of the covid briefings where we would be in there. and obviously people are tuning in to see what the president has to say. at moments like these, presidency and presidential history dates back to that. but it just shows, you know, in this moment how he chose to respond to it. >> right. and also because an investigation, any responsible investigation, it's going to take, you know, they may have a preliminary report in 30 days, they say, but it's going to take some time. he's trying to score a political point and link

this to. anti dei initiatives immediately. and that will register in people's consciousness, whatever the results are down the road, people won't be paying as much attention. pete, when you heard this what did you think. >> i put my head in my hands. i could not believe what i was hearing, you know, unpresidential and pretty unhinged, frankly, because dei has been a focus of this administration. and in the hour and 40 minutes prior to this accident happening here, sean duffy, in one of his first acts as transportation secretary, sent out a press release rescinding dei policies at the faa. but i have to tell you, as the product of a woman pilot, airplanes don't know the difference. the control tower does not know the difference. and really, dei hiring has not changed the face of aviation all that much. it's a predominantly white, male dominated industry. and so, you know, i also have to think and empathize for the families. my mom died in a plane

crash when i was a teenager. i know what it's like to be sort of thrust into the unknown of that. these families are are going through hell right now and this comment from the president really even made it that much more hellish by throwing uncertain sort of conspiracy theories on this. it's not really helpful. and he really got ahead of his skis when it comes to this investigation. like you say, it was going to take a lot of time and probably years. there are going to be hearings. i mean, there's still parts of the airplane on the floor of the potomac here, eight feet underwater. and so it this this is much, much, much too soon to make any sort of indictment on any sort of policy. and, and any sort of person in aviation. >> the other part of this was one big question, and understandably, a concern that americans have right now is is it safe for me to fly? and that's something that a lot of people are asking. the u.s. is known for its safety and commercial airliners. we haven't seen a crash like this in over 20 years. but and trump reassured americans twice during that briefing when we were in

the room that, yes, it is safe to fly. but then he was questioning whether air traffic controllers psychological problems. >> if you think there's blind people and people with serious psychological issues in the air traffic control booths, that's that would be make you want to question whether you should fly. that is not the case. anybody who's there has gone through rigorous training. there may be staffing issues, and all of that will be uncovered. but there are very strict qualifications to be an air traffic controller, which we'll talk about. caitlin. thanks, pete muntean pete muntean. during that same signing ceremony, this is what president trump said when asked if he would visit the site of the crash. >> do you have a plan to go visit the site or work with any of the. >> i have a plan to visit, not the site, because what you tell me what's the site? the water. >> or to meet. >> with the first. >> responders down there? >> i don't have a plan to do that, but i will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt with their family member.

obviously. >> i. >> cnn senior political commentator van jones joins us now. van i mean, it's at first i wasn't sure we would talk to you tonight as a political commentator, but the fact that the president brought politics into this, and particularly di hiring, i'm wondering what your reaction to his claim, without any evidence that, you know, trying to hire more black people or disabled veterans, which is what the faa website, frankly, focuses a lot on disabled veterans. uh what if he brought that up? >> you know. >> it's appalling. it's appalling. >> and i. >> just. >> can't imagine what. >> these families. >> must be going. >> through. >> look, i have flown in and out of that airport, and so have you. more times than i can possibly count. it is every family's worst nightmare to say goodbye to someone, uh, to them to be texting you as they're taking off, and then you never see them again. and you worry. how did they die and how much

pain was there? and. and you're going through all this. and meanwhile, the president of united states is acting like a kindergartner. just, you know, essentially making up stuff, making fun of people with disabilities. all my conjecture. this is not the right way to proceed in a situation like this. also, something went wrong here. something went wrong here. we need to find out what went wrong here so it doesn't happen again. the president, united states fired a bunch of people for no reason who are supposed to be in charge, and he's taking his usual no responsibility. so the blamer in chief, rather than being the consoler in chief, is behaving in a way that's appalling. it's just appalling. and by the way, we are now, what, nine days into this, ten days into this, you know, it's going to be are we just going to blame black and brown people for everything that happens for the next four years? every problem is a dei problem. every problem

is some brown immigrant. like this is why i run for president. if you're not going to take care of the people of the united states in a time like this. >> it's also part of a strategy. and it's, you know, he throws this out and obviously, i mean, as a, you know, as a reporter, you have to raise, you know, the fact that what he's saying is a there's no evidence of it and it just flies against the facts, but it also distracts from the fact that he has not appointed an interim head of of the the the faa or, i mean, it is a way of of diverting attention. in fact. >> that's apparently the playbook. and this is the problem, and it's a big problem. um, there are going to be many, many times, many, many moments where something bad happens in america where you need the commander in chief to step forward, to lead a process,

to figure out what's going on, to comfort victims, to bring us together as a country. and apparently this is not in the job description of donald trump. uh, instead of doing the things that you need a president to do, you need a president. you need somebody to put this is a horrific, horrific accident. there's no way around it. and the people who died died in a horrible way. we need leadership. we need comfort. we need clarity. we need answers. we need someone who's going to. by the way, if you misidentify the problem, you misidentify the solution. and this could happen again. and this should never happen again. blaming die for no reason is may make it happen again. >> van jones appreciate it. thank you. coming up, i'm going to speak with someone who knew two of the people on the plane and the in the chopper collision. young sisters who shared a passion for figure skating. we'll be right back.

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started to discover this connection with the audience and that joy that he was giving to other people through his gift. he said, please let me skate again with you next year. >> that dream ended just before 9 p.m. wednesday night in the freezing potomac river. lane was part of the skating club of boston, which lost two skaters and their mothers, as well as two coaches in the crash. several other skating clubs around the country also lost members. olympic u.s. figure skater nancy kerrigan, who trained at the skating club of boston, went there to mourn and honor those who were lost. >> i think it's a shock when you find out, you know, you know, some of the people on the plane. it's even a bigger blow. >> 13 year old jinna han, another skater from boston skating club, was also on board the flight with her mother, jin han. >> she was in it to win it. just a delight. but for a little 13 year old. just full of grace.

>> two of the club's coaches, world champion skaters evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov, also died the russian born skaters were married and competed twice in the olympics. after they won the pairs title in the 1994 world figure skating championships, they moved to the united states and built successful coaching careers. >> everything you've heard of them, like maybe being a little tough but with a smile on their face and like all anytime i walked in. oh, hi. it's so good to see you. it's like, always welcoming and happy to see one another. and, like, just. to think, to walk in here and not see, that is i think would be very strange for everybody. it's going to be hard. >> randi kaye, cnn. >> was randi mentioned several skating clubs around the country, lost a very talented young athletes. among those killed, 14 year old everleigh

livingston and her 11 year old sister, alida. alida. excuse me. lydia. also their parents, peter and donna. joining us now is kim urban, who was at the same skating camp with her daughter, but they returned home on an earlier flight on a different airline. she knows the livingston family well. kim, i'm so sorry for your loss. and we were talking under these circumstances. i know you and your daughter flew to reagan national on a slightly earlier flight. um, when did you realize what what happened last night. >> yeah. >> thanks, anderson. >> we. >> um, arrived. >> into reagan. >> a few minutes before. >> the crash. unaware of what happened. >> left the. >> airport. and it. >> wasn't until. >> we had. arrived home that my. daughter had come. >> running in. >> with a. >> notification of. >> the crash, and. >> we immediately. >> knew friends of. >> ours that were. >> on that particular flight you i mean, you knew the livingston family.

>> your daughters skated together, as you said. you were at the same camp. can you tell us about them? what what were they like? >> ha! >> the livingston's. >> were just. >> they were just a big. >> personality family. >> they were. they were loving. they were thoughtful. donna and peter were extraordinarily supportive parents. they were loving parents. they were doing anything for their children. lydia and everly were like bright children, very talented skaters and super bubbly, just loving, talented. and it's just a tragic loss to our community. >> it's awesome that these, these two little girls sisters had the same love of of skating. i mean, you can see them hugging each other in pretty much every photo. it's great that they were doing this together. >> yeah, they they were a family of ice in a way. they mirror our

family. we look at them and we see our family as well. we have two girls of ours selves who both are skaters. peter was a hockey player. my husband played against him in adult hockey leagues. and donna and i shared very similar personalities, super driven, very busy, involved in our children's lives and just a she's just a tremendous friend of mine. >> how are your kids doing they're devastated. >> they've lost friends that they've skated alongside for eight years. and when you walk into the ashburn ice house, there's probably very minimal times that you don't walk in there and not find one of the livingston's there. whether they all would do school from there, because many of them are homeschooled to being on the ice

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ian epstein, one of the two flight attendants on board, remembered by his sister as someone who loved life, traveling, family and his job. >> today is. heartbreaking and there are flight attendants all around the world who are identifying with those two flight attendants, whether they knew them or not. >> in the d.c. area, school districts are in mourning and offering resources with students and alumni among the dead. a virginia congressman says his district is shattered. >> there are. >> several people in our community who are on. >> the plane and. >> passed away, and. >> it's just devastating to our community. >> um. >> you know, several of them, you know, frequented the ashburn ice house locally, which is a place i take my own kids ice skating. and, you know, it's a close knit community here. and we're just all devastated by this. and so this is something that will stick with us for a long time. >> 26 year old asra hussain raza graduated with honors and

married her college sweetheart, a consultant. she was commuting for a project at a wichita hospital. her father in law describes her as someone who went out of her way to help people. a local steamfitters union lost five members on board the flight, the trade said in a statement. 15 miles from the crash site, home base for three army pilots whose blackhawk collided with the jet. the pentagon has not released the identities of the three soldiers from the 12th aviation battalion, with a combined 1500 hours of flight training, as the remains of one were pulled from the potomac. seen here from fox five dc first responders salute this service member's final mission. earlier today at reagan, the ceo of american airlines told me he was meeting with the victims families and investigators. the ntsb says that those families will have the opportunity to visit the crash site once it's secure. anderson. >> kayla tausche, thank you very much. coming up next, we're going to talk to that blackhawk helicopter pilot about the

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