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We were so proud to see these high-level athletes, their families, their friends, fans, coming to our community and sharing their skills and talents so that the whole world could see,
Mayor Lily Wu said
This unity cannot just stay in sadness. It has to elicit something greater, something brighter, something that can shine forth,
said Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg of Chabad, a Hasidic synagogue and community center in WichitaThere’s a lot of connections to this plane. There’s a lot of connections to Bombardier as a company,
said Howell, who spent two decades working in flight testing, including a stint with Bombardier in the early 1990sWe ask that you pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that are suffering today.
His wife Carrie wrote on social media
I couldn't tell you what [Mr Trump] was talking about because the quality of air traffic controllers out there is outstanding. ... It is not uncommon for us to combine positions.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association, said ... Addressing the control tower staffing issue, revealed in an interim FAA report, he added
The Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot.
Mr Trump wrote on social media site Truth SocialPeople should not be hired based on their disabilities, based on their skin colour, their gender, their race
When asked if the president believes people with disabilities have a place to work in the federal government, Mr Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last nightMy goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world,
the smiling teen told the reporter in a devastating videoSo proud of all their hard work and training they have done to get here. What an amazing way to start off the year
she wrote on InstagramIf you look closely at Alydia’s badge… We were born ready for this but is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?”
Their tragic final Instagram post, shared just four days before their deaths, shows the pair smiling by the ice rink at the championships, with the captionPAT25 [army helicopter], do you have a CRJ [American Airlines plane] in sight? PAT25, pass behind the CRJ,
an air traffic controller said at 8:47pm
We watched Jinna just grow up here from just a tiny little tyke into this amazingly mature 13 year old,
Zeghibe saidNow it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep. I know I’ll see him again but my heart is breaking,
he wrote in the postI’m devastated to hear the news that at least three Delawareans died during last night’s air collision. Sasha Kirsanov, Sean Kay, and Angela Yang went to Wichita to pursue their passion for figure skating. It is a tragedy that none of them returned home to our state,
his post on X read
I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends,
Gudin told the stationI miss you Dad, I would do anything to bring you back and tell you that I loved you one more time,
she wrote in a post on InstagramWe are husband and wife,
she told the stationI am incredibly saddened to share the news that several members of the figure skating community connected to the University of Delaware were among those who tragically lost their lives in an aircraft collision last night in Washington, DC,
his statement readWe decided who's going, who's staying home,
she saidWe are coming to terms with the grief associated with the loss of our beautiful and accomplished firstborn. Please respect our family’s privacy at this time.”
Her father, Maurice Duggins, said in a statement