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among them, quinn lucas schansman.ds and family have been posting condolence messages on his girlfriend's page. another victim, caroline kitzer was studying at indiana university. one of her professors issued a statement to nbc news that reads in part, karlijn was a bright, talented doctoral student, a diligent researcher, and a dear friend to all of us who worked with her in our research group. she was doing research to combat a.i.d.s. and alzheimer's disease. a number of leading a.i.d.s. researchers also lost their lives with the airliner fell to earth. >> len thomas was traveling to the international a.i.d.s. conference inaustralia. >> but as international outrage builds over the senseless loss of 298 lives, there's still the difficult question of how to investigate in the middle of a war zone. colonel jack jacobs and anthony roman join us. sometimes i think the most fascinating sort of the show is conversations we have off camera. i want to bring this one o to the air. you were having a great conversation. i joined

quinn lucas schansman, a dual sit continue and many aids workers heading to australia for a conferenceamong them glen thomas from the world health organization and a dutch researcher, one of the leading authorities on the virus. >> it is going to be a huge impact. some people that worked closely with him, people in his lab and on the society as a whole. it's an incredible loss. we're all just bracing ourselves to arrive and find out who else may have been on that flight. it's unbelievable. it's not really real yet. >> right before takeoff one of the pilots sent his wife a text message taking he would be home shortly to her and hi two children. ijze a student studying in the u.s. going on vacation with her boyfriend. >> it is disbelieve i am expecting her to pop up on facebook saying she is ok. >> and the chilling picture, with this caption. if it disappears, this is what it looks like. and he and his girlfriend now among the dead. and a queensland woman lost her brother when the previous flight disappeared, and another relative on the flight 17 shot down. and many were dutch nationals.

citizen on board malaysia flight 17 lived in the bay area as a child. 19 -year-old quinn lucas schansman was supposed to meet up with his family for vacation. the dutch-american student held dual citizenship and lived in the bay area as a child when his dad worked at the dutch embassy in san francisco. his grandfather says the family is grieving a young man who was loving and kind. >> you go through all the phases of mourning. at the moment, it's just mourning. of course you say anger, why it need to be happening, it doesn't. >> another victim, a 25 -year-old dutch woman, a student in the u.s., earning a ph.d. in chemistry at indiana university where she was on the rowing team. her research was focused on improving human health. they demand they get complete access to the crash site. the first international team of investigators were not granted access, only a partial inspection of the debris field before ordered to leave. some blunt words from president obama who says russia is responsible. the president believes russia supplied that surface-to-air missile to russian separatists in ukra

his name was quinn lucas schansman. he was a dual american dutch citizen, a young man and one of the 2998 people on malaysia airlines is flight 17 when it was shot down. most likely by a surface-to-air missile. shot the obama administration believes from a section of ukraine controlled by pro-russian separatists. now, a senior defense official tells cnn that the working theory in the u.s. government is that the russian military supplied the rebels with the buk missile system used to shoot down the plane. president obama personally confirmed that at least one american was on board and demanded add immediate cease fire in eastern ukraine. among russia, the separates and the ukrainian government. he also called for a "credible international investigation" into what happened. the president repeated an accusation today that u.s. officials have been making for months that russia is pulling the strings on these rebels. >> they are heavily armed and they are trained. and we know that that's not an accident. that is happening be

quinn lucas schansman. a dual dutch citizen seen here with his girlfriend. he was on his way to meet his family for a vacation in malaysia. an avid soccer player, his former team reeling today. "we can barely comprehend the news." and 25-year-old dutch citizen karlijn keijzer, from indiana university. she was a varsity rower there. her classmate, remembering her smile -- >> she was always smiling. >> reporter: we now know there were 80 children onboard that doomed plane. including evie, otis and mo maslin, traveling home with their grandfather to start school in australia. their parents still on vacation in holland. their aunt writing on facebook, "i will miss you so very much. at least dad is looking out for you." and on social media today, haunting last glimpses of the victims. dutchman regis crolla posting this image of his boarding pass ssenge schildralong eeage, "r,,. e lal disapp nddaug erduheirtoo.ockey pele >>elsh pkelaneoo ago.>> r up tryinayheir lthis t tit las we asked the question, why was this jet allowed to fly in this airspace? how many planes

we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas schansman, was killed. >> reporter: 19-year-old quinn schansman is described as a likable guy. he lived in the bay area for awhile as a kid when his dad worked for the dutch embassy in san francisco. today his grandfather is devastated. >> you go through all the phases of mourning. at the moment it's just mourning. >> reporter: quinn was on his way to bali to meet his family for summer vacation. instead, they are planning a funeral. >> of course, it's anger you see why it didn't need to be happened. >> reporter: another passenger with american connections, she called the netherlands home but went to school at indiana university and spent a lot of time on the water with the rowing team. >> she was always so positive and willing and hard working. >> carlene just 25 years old. she was studying chemistry. she was on the plane with her boyfriend. jessica, back to you. >> okay, thank you, michelle. we want to show you a candlelight vigil at the international aids conference. some of the passengers onboard that flight were headed to this confer

quinn lucas schansman was a duel dutch citizen, only 19. he was headed to indonesia to go on vacation with his family. his grandfather said he was a lively boy and they will all miss him. >> you know, as a grandparent, you just hope none of your children or grandchildren will go before you. and now it has happened. it is the first time it happens in our family. we always had the possibility to live our children out, but this time it didn't work, unfortunately. >> well, it's always important to hear from the relatives, because in the midst of the investigation, of the crash site, of all of the geopolitical statements and relationships between countries, it boils right down to individuals losing their lives and those they leave behind. >>> after the break here on cnn and cnn usa, russian president vladimir putin is already under fire over the crisis in ukraine. we'll hear from moscow is saying about the downing of the malaysian airlines plane after the break. body language can tell you all sorts of things. like someone is having a stroke. kno

quinn lucas schansman. there are images on your screen. he was studying business in amsterdam.e loved soccer. a friend says he was the kind of guy who stuck up for you, made you laugh when you were not feeling great about things. karlijn keijzer, was a champion rower and her friends say she was passionate about it. she and her boyfriend were traveling together on mh17. nick norris, western australian, was traveling with three of his grandchildren, 3 of 80 children on that flight. he was bringing them home for the new school year. his family says nick loved his grandkids, loved sailing and looked forward to sailing with them in the waters off perth. joep lange was one of several aids researchers headed to a conference. another remembers him as an extraordinary leader, scientist and humanitarian who fought ceaselessly for the dignity of all the people infected with hiv/aids throughout the world. >>> well, the international aids society has confirmed that at least six people on board flight 17 were delegates traveling to an aids conference. the conference is scheduled to start in

there's quinn lucas schansman, studying business in amsterdam and he loved soccer. a friend says he was the kind of guy who stuck up for you, who made you laugh when you were hurting. >> krlijin keij zechlt r was from amsterdam, pursuing a doctdock doctor rat. she and her boyfriend were traveling today. >> nick norris, western australian traveling with three grandchildren. three of 80 children, you heard me right, 80 children on that flight, he was bringing them home for the new school year. they say he loved his grandkids, loved sailing and looked forward to sailing with them off the coast of perth. >> one colleague says he was a hard core scientists, joep lange. he fought for the dignity of everyone infected with hiv around the world. >> that aids conference is scheduled to start in melbourne this weekend. >> the president of the international aids society says the conference will go ahead, it will be dedicated to the victims. >> the extent of our loss is hard to comprehend and express. our colleagues were traveling because of their dedication to bringing an end t

. >> one american died on the plane, quinn lucas schansman. his grandfather, ronald is in the area visiting his sister. >> it's so sense atlanticless,u reallies it's a fate you can't escape. just pure fate. >> our coverage of the crash of malaysia airlines flight mh17 continues on the 6abc news app. we'll alert you to new developments as the story unfolds. we've posted videos and photos of the scene. you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> now to the deadly conflict in the middle east where officials say the ground mission in gaza, they say they found tunnels used by hamas to infiltrate israel. the death toll has topped 300. the u.n. secretary of state is leaving for the middle east to mediate the condition -- conflict, the ground offensive could last two weeks. >>> palestinians walked toward city hall calling for the u.s. to stop the support of israel and for israel to leave gaza. this march followed a separate gathering of israeli demonstrators in the same are

citizen traveling on a dutch passport quinn lucas schansman. u.s. officials repeatedly hinted at russian involvement in the attack. the pentagon confirmed it was a russian-made sa-11 missile that brought down the malaysian flight fired from inside ukraine adding that separatists could not have done it by themselves. >> there's no hint that russian support for the separatists has ceased. in fact, we believe that russia continues to provide them with heavy weapons and other military equipment, financing as well. and they continue to allow these russian fighters to enter ukraine freely. >> this war can be ended. russia can end this war. russia must end this war. >> reporter: just 20 minutes after the plane went down this man, igor bezler, the self-proclaimed minister of defense for the russian separatists, is heard talking to a russian military intelligence officer according to telephone intercepts released by the ukraine government. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: ukrainian officials say this is the smoking gun. these telephone interce

quinn lucas schansman was 19 years old with joint u.s./dutch citizenship. he's 1 of the 298 dead including 80 children, 3 of whom were infants. also this morning, growing international outrage over the fact that rebel fighters in eastern ukraine were not allowing investigators to reach the scene of the crash. we have team coverage of what is a fast-moving story at this hour and we begin with abc's kirit radia who was able to reach the scene and what he found is shocking. kirit. >> reporter: good morning, dan and bianna. i'm standing right in the middle of where the bulk of the plane landed. as you can see almost nothing survived. just a part of the landing gear, part of the engine there and burned body parts everywhere. this morning, international investigators complain that the rebels that control this area won't give them full access to the site. the smell hits you even before you see it. jet fuel and death. the wreckage still smoldering. vetcemergenal in a body part.g id the fl has evidence the rebels shot the plane down. >> evidence indicates that the p

. >> also dead is quinn lucas schansman attending, business school in amsterdam. >> the u.s. has offered n.t.s.b. assistance in the investigation. kris van cleave, abc~7 news abc~7 news the victims on board that plane hailed from 12 different countries. most from the netherlands and then malaysia and australia. according to the numbers provided there were some children on the plane including three infants. >> a candlelight vigil will be held in the district as a show of support for those lost in the plane crash. a group has started their march to the malaysia embassy. >> this should be a very emotional evening. the dutch embassy is in a quiet neighborhood in northwest washington. certainly a a marked contrast to the plane crash. there is a small memorial, flowers, teddy bears, candles sitting in tribute to the people who died. also a letter of thanks from the ambassador of the netherlands thanking people for their notes of condolence and support. a group of ukrainian americans will be taking a memorial walk for the the 296 victims. they will be walking in silence from here to

and one of the victims was an american citizen. 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman, he was the son of a dutch diplomat. he was studying business and he played soccer. he was on his way to meet family in malaysia. his grandfather spoke about the tragedy. >> you know, you just hope that none of your children or your grandchildren go before you. and now it has happened. >> another victim was on the independent university rowing dc--was on the indiana university rowing team. she was a doctor student. he was working on a project to maybe help cancer patients. we have a lot more information on the victims and the investigation right now on www.wral.com. >>> isreal is planning to go keeper into gaza strip. more than--deeper into the gaza strip. 300 people have been killed so far. here is more on the fighting and the fear. >> reporter: in the dark of night, isreal kept up its aall the on the gaza trip. the israelis are on the ground there, too, trying to stop militants from firing rockets into isreal and using terror tunnels. >> they are tunnels that can pack ten, 20, 30 people in a line, all

he's 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman. he held a dual dutch/american citizenship. ersey as a child and returned to the netherlands when he was 5. he was on his way to a family vacation, according to his grandfath grandfather. >> you just hope that none of your children or the grandchildren will go before you. and now it has happened. this is the first time it's happened in our family. >> so hard to listen to that. schansman says that his grandson was studying international business in amsterdam. >>> the consequences of the crash are being felt far from the crash site. around the world, really, and with signs of at least some russian involvement, what does this mean for the strained relationship between washington and moscow? and will this end up turning into a crisis, a continually growing crisis in ukraine? or perhaps as a turning point there? former u.s. ambassador to ukraine john hurst joins me now. mr. ambassador i want to start with this. a lot of people are saying there is some russian involvement. it seems like by the time you have the intelligence services h

one passenger born in new jersey is quinn lucas schansman, a 19-year-old with dual american and dutchitizenship. according to online profiles, his father, thomas schansman, once worked in san mateo. neighbors tell ktvu the father lived in menlo park until a few years ago. quinn's grandfather spoke in new jersey. >> big boy, very lively and we will all miss him. of course now at the moment the whole family is in mourning. >> reporter: he says quinn was heading to bali for a family vacation. others in san francisco are mourning a world renowned dutch scientist and aids researcher pioneer, helping develop protocols for treating aids in the early '80s. >> i heard from a person who basically put him on the plane. i knew he was on the plane. >> reporter: another victim, carlin kaiser, remembered as a caring friend and talented athlete. cara lui, ktvu channel 2news. >>> south bay investigators say alcohol and high speed contributed to a deadly accident involving a family returning from a birthday party. the crash happened yesterday morning in sunnyvale on the lawrence expressway off ramp on

he was quinn lucas schansman, a dutch and american dual national and former president clinton says henew one of the people on board. this man, prominent dutch scientist, joep lange, one of the numerous researchers heading to australia for the huge aids conference. he worked to get affordable aids drugs for hiv positive patients living in poor countries. 189 victims that we know of so far were dutch. including carline kiteser, a 25-year-old doctoral student at the chemistry department, also a member of the women's rowing team during the 2011 season. and for the second time this year, malaysia is mourning the loss of a passenger plane. at the helm of the flight, mh-17, was captain juan anron, well-known as the pillar of his community. friends and family coming to terps with this loss. we go live to kuala lumpur, where this plane wassin tendsed to have landed, to andrew stevens. and so andrew, you attended several of these players at a local mosque. what are people there saying to you? >> reporter: the two words you hear repeated most often, brooke, are shock and grief. and i would have

quinn lucas schansman, a 19-year-old with dual u.s. citizenship.n his way to meet his family for a vacation. his grandfather was visiting a relative in new jersey. >> you just hope that none of the children or the grandchildren go before you. and now it has happened. >> u.s. officials say they believe pro russian separatists are to blame. claiming the same group took down two ukrainian military planes in the past week. >> a group of separatists can't shoot down military transport planes or they claim shoot down fighter jets without sophisticated equipment. and sophisticated training and that is coming from russia. >> vladimir putin and rebels at the scene are denying responsibility. across the globe, a call for justice for the 298 people on board hailing from at least 11 countries. we now know 83 children were on board. the tragedy nearly too much for samantha power, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> as we stared at the passenger list yesterday, we saw next to three of the passengers names, a capital i. as we now know, the letter i stan

department spokesman psak i says there's only one american confirmed, dual dutch citizen named quinn lucas schansman. the president today hinted at russian involvement. >> we know these separatists have received a steady flow of support from russia, including arms and training. it includes heavy weapons. and it includes antiaircraft weapons. >> the pentagon confirmed it was an sa-11 missile that brought down the malaysian flying, fired from inside ukraine, adding, the separatists could not have done it by themselves. >> russian support for the separatists we believe that russia continues to provide them with heavy weapons and other military equipment, financing as well, and they continue to allow these russian fighters to enter ukraine freely. >> further u.s. defense officials tell me they have no doubt no reason to doubt, the authenticity of the intercepted phone calls released last night by the ukrainian government in which rebel commanders claim to have shot down a plane just 20 minutes after the plane went down this man, igor bezler, the self-proclaimed minister of defense for the russian separa

quinn lucas schansman moved to the netherlands when he was five. he was on his way to bali for a family vacation. his grandfather says he was very lively and will be missed. >> we want to know why, who s t shot. >> another passenger had connections to the u.s. karlijn keijzer was a dutch citizen but was working on her chemistry doctorate at indiana university. many of you are showing your condolences for crash victims and their families at a vigil last night people held hands as they walked through northwest from the dutch embassy to the embassy of malaysia. a mother dropped off flowers because she couldn't stop thinking of the kids who died. and others knew the researchers who died. >> they have nothing to do with the conflict. >> so frustrating we can't do anything else. but at least we can bring some flowers. >> the netherlands embassy is going to open a written registry on monday and tuesday so people can leave their condolences. we're keeping an eye on all of the developments in the crash of mh-17. more on our website nbcwashington.com. just c

>> his name is quinn lucas schansman. he's 19 years old, wolf.student at the university of amsterdam and on his facebook page today a lot of people talking about what a wonderful person he was. his girlfriend was making some comments. clearly this was someone who really enjoyed life and was really starting out. he was on his way to malaysia to meet up with his family. he was a soccer player and everyone tonight in amsterdam very upset as well as husband friends back here. he was a dual nationality. also a citizen of the netherlands and the dutch certainly mourning today. the u.s. is also continuing to look and see if there are any other dual national ps they've ruled out any americans living in the united states that traveled on a u.s. passport were on board the flight. but because there are so many dual nationals around the world, they're combing the list to be 100% sure. >> elise labott thank you. our deepest condolences to his family and to all of the families of the 298 people who were on board the airliner. we'll have more breaking noous jus

president obama today confirming that this american was killed, quinn lucas schansman is a dual dutch citizen. a fun loving college student who lived abroad on his way to meet family members vacationing in malaysia. in the most heart wrenchi ining images we see childrens toys like this stuffed animal. a man's wristwatch shattered, frozen at what may have been the moment the plane hit the earth. the sheer chaos is becoming clear. instead of body bags and morgues, victims are covered in plastic sheets as who knows who is overlooking the site. this is not how anybody wanted to wind up. and this is certainly not how their families want their remains treated. more than 24 hours after the crash another person's body covered here just by a blanket on a playing field. instead of forensic experts searching for evidence of a missile strike, local men are doing the work. look at this extraordinary picture here against the sunflowers. every now and then a yell goes up when one discovers another victim. the remains are marked with a white rag tied to a stick. steve harigan just filed this report f

that was quinn lucas schansman, a dual dutch and american citizen. this appears to be his facebook page. the president also called on pro-russian forces to adhere to an immediate cease-fire. >> no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine, and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. >> the united nations held an emergency meeting. that was this morning where u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power stressed the need to keep the pressure on russia and to begin the investigation quickly. >> we have a duty to each and every one of those individuals. their families. and their countries to determine why that jet fell out of the sky and to hold the perpetrators accountable. we must stop at nothing to bring those responsible to justice. >> and there is, of course, another major story that we are following today. that's israel's ground invasion of gaza. targeting the terror group hamas. it comes after a brief humanitarian cease-fire ended and efforts to negot

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he identified that person as quinn lucas schansman. this is one american victim so far after checking passports, talking to authorities in both manila and in the netherlands. he expressed his grief and sympathy to all of the international victims and especially to our allies, the dutch. he also spoke out about the hiv/aids researchers and supporters who were heading to that conference in melbourne. nearly 100 of the victims at least were members of that community as well. he said he had spoken to prime minister netanyahu expressing support for israel's right to defend itself, but also expressing international growing international concern about the number of victims, principally on the palestinian side now that this is a ground war as well as an air war. and he recapped his conversation with vladimir putin saying that he told vladimir putin that he had no alternative but to impose those sanctions, that putin was not at all happy about it but that he told putin that putin and russia have a role forward if they de-escalate as they had lo

. >> that was the grandfather of victim quinn lucas schansman expressing the pain over losing his grandson board malaysia flight 17 including one american. more than half were from the netherlands, a nation in mourning. and that is where we find cnn's erin mclaughlin. she's in amsterdam talking with relatives and friends who are trying to come to grips with this tragedy. >> reporter: he posted this to his facebook account moments before he and his girlfriend boarded mh17 for their summer holiday. he joked this is what the plane looks like in case it goes missing. a reference to malaysian flight 370. hours later, mh17 disappeared from radar and crashed in eastern ukraine. a photograph of neeltje tol sits outside her flower shop. >> lovely girl. >> reporter: are you going to miss her? >> yes. and we all. >> reporter: the irony not lost on many here that they are now laying flowers at the shop where they used to buy them. in nearby rotterdam a similar scene. outside the chinese restaurant asian glories, i'm told of the moment he learned three family members weren't coming home. when you came

we know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas schansman, was killed. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. yesterday, i spoke with ukraine, malaysia, and the netherlands, and i told them that our thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and that the american people stand together with them in this difficult time. later today, i will be speaking with prime minister abbot of australia, which also suffered a terrible loss. by far, the country that lost the most people on board the plane was the netherlands. from the days of our founding, the dutch have been close friends and allies. i want the dutch people to know that we stand with you shoulder to shoulder in our grief and in our absolute determination to get to the bottom of what happened. here is what we know so far. evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile launched from an area that is controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine. we also know that this is not the first time a plane has been shot down in eastern ukraine. over the last s

the 19-year-old quinn lucas schansman was to meet with his family in bali for a vacation.he bay area as a child while his dad worked at the dutch embassy in san francisco. this morning his family, including his grandfather, mourning a life lost too soon. >> you go through all the phases of mourning, right now, just mourning. it's anger, you say, why, it didn't need to be happen. it didn't. >> last night a candle light vigil at the international aids conference. a group of passengers on board were flying to a conference in melbourne, australia. this crash greatly impacts the worldwide aids community where more than a hundred passengers of researchers and scientists were on board, a think tank of knowledge now dong. joep lange, former president of the national aids society pioneered getting hiv drugs to the poorer area of the world, fighting the spread of hiv and aids for more than 30 years. his death is viewed as a blow to progress in the fight against hiv. in local news, facing four years in prison, but the 49ers star, smith, got 11 days of community service. he was at the

though the death of at least one american citizen quinn lucas schansman has been confirmed.ld leaders called for an immediate cease-fire in ukraine where the plane crashed. the president also addressed media calling on flight 17 an outrage of unspeakable proportions and stopped just short of putting the blame for the tragedy on russian-backed separatists. he did not, however, shy away from calling to task russian president putin. >> if mr. putin makes a decision that we are not going to allow heavy armaments, and the flow of fighters, into ukraine, across the ukrainian/russian border, then it will stop. he has the most control over that swiegs. and so far, at least, he has not exercised it. >> i want to bring in nbc news correspondence kristen welker. we now know that president obama and president vladimir putin haven't spoken since the crash. how is it were that we know that the president is pressuring russia? >> well, melissa, we heard the president talk about the next steps. he made a series of phone calls to counterparts including angela merkel. the two discussed what of