Sam Lilley, the first officer of the fatal American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night outside Washington, D.C., was a coastal Georgia native and Georgia Southern University graduate.

A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.

A Georgia high school says that one of the soldiers involved in the mid-air collision was a former student and a member of their MCJROTC program.

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An unimaginable loss in Washington, D.C. after a deadly collision between a commercial jet and an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night.

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look at what we know about the victims.

The father of the man piloting an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter mid-air in Washington, D.C. has spoken out. Sam Lilley, 28, was one of two people piloting the flight from Wichita, Kansas, his father Timothy Lilley told Fox 5 Atlanta. All 67 people on board both aircraft are feared to be dead, officials say.

Army helicopter. There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on board.

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.

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The soldier was one of three aboard the Black Hawk helicopter which collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night.