While driving home, Ari Shulman said a "spray of sparks" in the sky caught his attention as he watched in horror the midair collision unfold.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
"I walk here every day. I see helicopters going around. I see planes coming in like crazy. I never thought that would happen."
In seconds, the wreckage of each aircraft plunged into the icy Potomac River, the victims with it. All perished
A number of bodies are reported to have been recovered, but there is no official update on the number of people who have died.
Figure skaters, pipefitters and foreign nationals were among the more than 60 people killed when an American Airlines regional jet collided midair with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital on Wednesday,
Residents and visitors were told to not touch or remove debris from the Potomac River, as the investigation into the midair D.C. plane crash remains ongoing.
Rescue crews will return to the Potomac River on Friday morning as they continue searching for victims of Wednesday night’s deadly midair collision.
Sixty-seven people are believed dead following Wednesday night’s crash between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter from Fort Belvoir.
On Tuesday night, just 24 hours before a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport, a different passenger jet coming in for a landing at the airport alerted the tower it had to abort. The reason: risk of possible collision with a helicopter.
A passenger jet coming from Kansas collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in D.C. while attempting to land at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.