DC Plane Victims: Kansas City Chiefs Superfan Among the 67 Lost

Loved ones honor memories of those killed in DC plane crashThere were 64 passengers aboard the American Airlines flight — which was flying from Wichita, Kansas — and three Army soldiers in the Black Hawk helicopter, officials said. There were no survivors.U.S. Coast Guard
Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash since 2009.

The aircraft went down in the frigid Potomac River, breaking into multiple pieces. There were no survivors.There were 64 passengers aboard the plane and three Army soldiers in the helicopter.

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Many of the victims were returning home from a national figure skating development camp in Wichita, Kansas.

Here’s what we know about the victims so far:Dustin Miller
Dustin Miller was a longtime Kansas City Chiefs fan who waited his entire life to watch his hometown team – once the worst in the league – reach the heights of a potential Super Bowl three-peat.

“His words to my mom when she dropped him off at the airport on Wednesday was, ‘I’ll call you when I land. I’m going to try to make it back in time for the Super Bowl,” his sister Kristen Miller-Zahn told ABC News.

Dustin was among those killed on American Airlines Flight 5342, and now his family now plans to watch this weekend’s game in his memory.Miller was an IT professional who grew up in El Dorado, Kansas before moving to Arizona. His hobbies included fishing, camping, smoking meats, and flying drones, his family said.

Miller’s family remembers Dustin as a kind-hearted brother and uncle who was always generous with his time and possessed an uncanny ability to make friends wherever he went.

Bob and Lori Schrock
Bob and Lori Schrock — farmers from the small town of Kiowa, Kansas — died last week in the midair collision, family friends confirmed to ABC News.

The founders of Premium Grain, Inc., the couple pioneered a method of rotating winter wheat with canola to improve the health of farmland.

“The goal on the farm is to produce crops that can tell a story, where they came from and what makes the journey unique,” a quote from Bob Schrock on the company’s website reads.

They were traveling to Pennsylvania to visit their daughter in college, multiple local outlets reported.

A memorial and funeral for the couple is scheduled for this weekend.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia ShishkovaVadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, a married couple, were killed in the crash, according to the Skating Club of Boston.

Naumov and Shishkova, who were figure skating coaches, were world champions in pairs competition in 1994.

They joined the club in 2017, Zeghibe said.Jinna Han, a figure skater, and Jin Han, her mother, were killed in the crash, according to the Skating Club of Boston.Skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine Lane, were among the victims, the Skating Club of Boston said.

Doug Lane, Spencer’s father and Christine’s husband, told WCVB he and his wife adopted Spencer from South Korea.

Spencer Lane, 16, “just had amazing athletic abilities,” and once he got interested in something, “you couldn’t stop him,” his father said.

The teen decided to try skating three years ago after seeing Nathan Chen in the Olympics and “committed himself to it,” his dad said.

Christine Lane, 49, who worked as a graphic designer, was “such a beautiful person” who “just connected with everyone,” he said. She had just gotten her real estate license, and was also a talented quilter and volunteered at a local animal rescue, he added.

His wife would “do everything for her children, including fly to Wichita, Kansas, for a week,” Doug Lane said. “She just gave parenting her all.”

Alexandr Kirsanov
Alexandr Kirsanov was a coach of two of the youth ice skaters on board, his wife, Natalya Gudin, told ABC News.

“I lost everything,” Gudin said. “I lost my husband, I lost my students, I lost my friends.”

Gudin said Kirsanov traveled with two youth skaters to attend a development camp in Kansas this week. Gudin, who also coaches students with her husband in Delaware, said she stayed home to be with their other skaters.

She last spoke with her husband as he boarded the flight on Wednesday, she said.

“I need my husband back,” Gudin said. “I need his body back.”Samuel Lilley, the first officer on board American Airlines Flight 5342, recently got engaged, his sister, Tiffany Gibson, told ABC News.

“He was an amazing person. He loved people. He loved adventure. He loved traveling. He was excited. He was young. He was so young, and he was excited about life and his future and getting a dog and a house and kids. And it’s just, this is just tragic,” she said.

Samuel Lilley’s former brother-in-law, Greg Gibson, remembered him for his passion for flying and willingness to help others.

Samuel Lilley died on the same flight path his father, Timothy Lilley, flew for years. Timothy Lilley flew Black Hawk helicopters for the Army, transporting passengers over the Potomac River from his base in Virginia.

“We were stationed in Virginia, and [Timothy Lilley] flew that same route back and forth to the Pentagon, over and over and over again until he retired,” Tiffany Gibson said.The family of Ian Epstein, the flight attendant onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, is remembering him as a cherished father, husband, brother and stepfather.

“Ian Epstein was full of life. He loved being a flight attendant because he truly enjoyed traveling and meeting new people. But his true love was his family. He was a father, a stepfather, a husband and a brother! He will be truly missed. The family appreciates the outpouring of love and support we’ve received, but at this time we would ask for privacy as we process and grieve our loss,” his family said in a statement.

Wendy Jo Shaffer
The family of victim, Wendy Jo Shaffer confirmed she had been on the plane.

“We are devastated. Words cannot truly express what Wendy Jo meant as a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife and most importantly, a mother. The family is requesting privacy at this time,” the family said in a statement.Brielle Beyer, 12, and her mother, 42-year-old Justyna, were both killed in the crash, according to Andy Beyer, Brielle’s father and Justyna’s husband.

Andy Beyer is left with the couple’s 6-year-old son, he said.

He said his wife and daughter were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas.

Brielle was a member of the Skating Club of Northern Virginia and beat cancer when she was just 4 months old.

“She was just such a fighter in everything she did,” Andy Beyer said of his daughter, in an interview with ABC News. “She just lived life to the fullest with everything.”

He added, “She was so proud of herself in figure skating for the progress she had made … Making that team was one of her life goals. And she achieved it. And she was just so, so proud of herself.”

He remembered his daughter’s passion and beautiful singing voice.

“She just lit up the house with her wonderful voice,” he said.

Andy Beyer said his wife and daughter had been away for six days for the figure skating camp.

“I missed them… Figure skating at that level, it’s a lifestyle,” he said. “It’s a full family commitment.”