First victims of American Airlines crash revealed
Pilot Samuel Lilley, 29, was newly-engaged and about to get a promotion.
Pilot Samuel Lilley, 29, was newly-engaged and about to get a promotion.

Officials now believe that there are no survivors from the crash occurring between the American Airlines flight 5342 as well as the Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening. Victims of the crash include US figure skaters, a 26-year-old coming home from a work trip, a newly engaged pilot, and many others.
According to CBS News, Asra Hussain Raza, 26, was on the plane when it crashed when returning home from a work trip. She was a graduate of Indiana University as well as Columbia University, her father-in-law told the outlet. She was married and had just relocated to the nation's capital with her husband to work in a consulting position.
Among the American Airlines crew members identified as deceased include the captain of the flight, Jonathan Campos, as well as pilot Samuel Lilley. Lilley, 29, was looking forward to marriage as a newly-engaged man. Additionally, he was just months away from getting a promotion to being captain. Both flight attendants on the plane were killed, and were identified as Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder.

Flight attendants on the flight: left to right: Danasia Elder, Ian Epstein
Those victims in the US figure skating community were also named. The Skating Club of Boston revealed that Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world champion pair, were both on board. Figure skaters Jinna Han as well as Jin Han, her mother, were also killed in the crash. Both Christine Lane and her figure skating son Spencer Lane were also killed, according to CNN.
The bodies of all three soldiers who were flying the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered, the AP reported. The identities of the soldiers that were on board the helicopter have not been released.
Multiple victims were former students of Loudon County Public Schools. The superintendent said in a statement, "This unimaginable loss has deeply affected our community, and with great sorrow, we have learned that multiple victims were former LCPS students."
A number of victims have yet to be identified. A total of 67 people are presumed to be dead after the aircraft collided on Wednesday.
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