A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein's family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.

Flight attendant Danasia Elder was among the victims of the Jan. 29th crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. There were no survivors of the tragedy involving 67 people, which saw American Airlines flight 5342 and a U.

American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, 2025. Authorities said no one survived, including a Charlotte-based crew. Here is ongoing coverage from The Charlotte Observer.

Family and colleagues honor the legacies of Duggins, a Harvard-trained attorney and soon-to-be law professor, and Elder, a devoted mother and flight attendant.

CHARLOTTE — A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein’s family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.

Ian Epstein, a 53-year-old flight attendant who died in the January 29 American Airlines CRJ 700 crash in Washington, D.C., wasn't originally supposed to be on the flight but switched shifts with a colleague,

One of the flight attendants killed when an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided at Reagan National Airport was not scheduled to be onboard the doomed plane, but had switched shifts just days earlier.