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They had to circle back around because there was a helicopter in the flight path,
passenger Richard Hart told the newspaper of his experience on the flight The Potomac is, is massive, you know, from where they are, it goes hundreds of miles all the way out to the Chesapeake Bay,
Once that is completed, then recovering the two aircraft and then also finding as much of the debris from the collision that they can in the river,
It's going to be zero visibility or close to zero is that they'll be diving in, and so looking for small parts of an aircraft in that kind of visibility is going to be extremely challenging…the waters here and the lakes and ponds and rivers…when you go in, it's just dark,
Obviously, they're making really good progress in a short amount of time. But I'm sure that recovery of the victims should be the number one priority… providing closure to these families that have lost their loved ones should be the most important thing,
This is incredibly unusual. You know, we're trained and always ready to answer the call…when the dive call comes in. But that's typically involving one victim. And in rare occasions, a couple of victims,
Jake Crockett, a firefighter and diver with the Scuba Rescue Team of Chesterfield Fire & EMS, told Fox News Digital They've got a really big job ahead of them, which is why I think this is going to be weeks-long, because in order to be thorough, they're going to be up and down that river for miles looking,
Once it's turned over to a recovery mission…our goal is to provide that closure,
The first responder family is massive and everyone's always willing,
The water temperature especially is just above freezing, which is, you know, it would be absolutely unbearable to jump in without, you know, without the appropriate diving suits,
It would just be a bright mass of light, and it would be very distracting, and it would be very dangerous to fly in that with the night-vision goggles in that area,
They have to be familiar with all the routes around the capital,
There’s a lot of experts out there, but until we get the data from the black boxes, that’s the only truth, and we won’t know that for a little bit,
said Jonathan Koziol, a senior Army aviation adviser who’s helping with the investigation There are appropriate times to take risk, and there are inappropriate times to take risk,
Flying aircraft, it’s not like riding a bicycle,
said Loranger, who has represented family members of service members killed in military aircraft crashes That mission requires helicopters to fly that route,
This is our rink. I’ve been skating here since I was 3. I’m just trying not to cry.”
The emotional teen, who fought back tears, told The U.S. Sun She's very concerned. She's been texting me the whole time,
I was so proud when Sam became a pilot. Now it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep,
I'm flying out, it's pretty tragic,
Abhi, a 25-year-old flier, told The U.S. Sun
