A Year After the Tragic DC Midair Collision, First Responders and Others Are Remembered by Victims’ Families as Heroes

Inside the massive recovery efforts after Potomac midair collision a year ago

Within a week of the midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River, divers recovered the remains of all 67 passengers as forensic teams worked around the clock to identify each victim. “I hope they understand that we did everything humanly possible that we could to rescue their loved ones,” said Captain Michael Puglisi with the DC Fire and EMS Department. He was driving one of th…

Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near Washington DC

WASHINGTON — For some, it was the children’s luggage and small ice skates that became indelible memories of the night a passenger plane and a helicopter collided over the murky Potomac River. Others remember boats navigating debris and shallow water to bring victims’ bodies ashore. And there was the suddenness: people seconds from landing, gone. Families of those on board American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter are markin…

The Skating Club of Boston marks one year since deadly DC plane crash with memorial to honor victims - Boston News, Weather, Sports

The Skating Club of Boston Thursday hosted a public vigil at Boston Common’s Frog Pond to honor those from the skating community who lost their lives in the Washington, D.C plane crash one year ago. The club lost six members, coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, skater Spencer Lane and his mother Christine, and skater Jinna Han and her mother Jin, when their American Airlines flight 5342 collided with and a United States Army Black Hawk h…

One year later: Here are the victims of the Washington, DC, plane crash

Many of the families have stayed in touch. They hold weekly calls to connect and support one another, but also to organize their advocacy for safer skies.

A teddy bear, an ice skate, a wife’s note: DCA crash relics return home

The brown teddy bear smelled like oil and jet fuel. It was tucked inside the pink backpack of 11-year-old Alydia Livingston, along with her headphones, journal and a pencil topped with a rubber unicorn. The backpack and its contents came home to her grandparents in Richmond. Alydia didn’t.

‘Implementing strengthened provisions help advance aviation safety’

‘Aviation safety demands action — one year after midair collision near Washington National’Jason Ambrosi at NewsweekThe “anniversary of the deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner near Washington National Airport is not an abstract memory — it is a somber reminder that we must always do more to advance safety,” says Jason Ambrosi. Aviation safety is “built through vigilance and constant advancement,” and “…