"At the same time, an undercurrent of resilience and determination ran through the proceedings. "While we were powerless in that moment to help our loved ones, we were not powerless to help each other," said Doug Lane, whose wife Christine and teenage son Spencer were killed on American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita, Kan. to Washington. "So that's what we did. And we've been doing that ever since.""
""You made a choice to pay it forward," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at the memorial event. "To pay it forward in a way that some other family wouldn't have to go through what your family went through. And you channeled it into positive energy to make a difference." The Trump administration has made temporary restrictions on helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport airspace permanent."
Sixty-seven people died in a midair collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington. Families of the victims held an emotional memorial featuring a video montage and emphasized resilience, mutual support and advocacy. Victims' relatives have pushed for aviation safety improvements, including crash-avoidance technology and permanent helicopter restrictions around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the collision to systemic failures at the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army and issued dozens of safety recommendations. Officials cautioned that translating recommendations into lasting systemwide change will require sustained effort.
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