A 12-year-old, who beat cancer as an infant, and her mother are among the dead after a deadly DC plane crash. An American Airlines flight landing at Reagan National Airport crashed after hitting a military helicopter. Everyone aboard both aircraft died in the resulting crash.
Now, husband and father Andy Beyer is having to pick up the pieces of his life. In an interview with ABC News, he mourned the death of his 12-year-old daughter Brielle and his wife Justyna. Both died in the DC plane crash.
They were headed back from the U.S. Figure Skating National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas. The 12-year-old had been a member of the Skating Club of Northern Virginia. She also beat cancer at 4 months old.
"She was just such a fighter in everything she did," he said, adding, "She just lived life to the fullest with everything."
He said that he was proud of his 12-year-old daughter's accomplishments. He said, "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."
12-Year-Old And Mom Dies
"When it was time for the plane to land, they hadn't landed [and] we couldn't get text messages through," he said. "I didn't have a lot of hope unfortunately, we had a good cry about it right then and there and then we had to go in with the family waiting room and everything before we, hours later, got any official word of what had fully happened."
Andy's family and friends set up a GoFundMe to help through this difficult time.
