The father of a cancer-stricken girl who lost her life in the American Airlines tragedy shares a text that made him think something was amiss

After losing his wife and 12-year-old daughter in the terrible American Airlines tragedy, a man has revealed what made him think something was wrong. A Black Hawk US Army helicopter and a PSA Airlines aircraft, operated by American Airlines, collided in midair on Wednesday, January 29, shortly before 9 p.m.

Flight 5342 was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, which is near Washington, D.C., when the disaster happened.

The plane, carrying four crew members and 60 passengers, and the wreckage of the chopper plunged into the Potomac River. A “recovery” mission is still underway, with 64 persons on the commercial airliner and three on the helicopter believed dead.

Among the dead are a man’s wife and his 12-year-old daughter, who had previously survived cancer.

Andy Beyer told ABC News that he lost his wife, 42, and daughter, Brielle, while returning to the capital after attending the US Figure Skating National Development Camp. “She was just such a fighter in everything she did,” Beyer said of his daughter, who was given a cancer diagnosis when she was a newborn. She just lived each moment of life to the fullest.

“She was just such a fighter in everything she did,” Beyer said of his daughter, who was given a cancer diagnosis when she was a newborn. She just lived each moment of life to the fullest. “She was really pleased with her own development in figure skating. One of her life’s ambitions was to make that squad. And she succeeded. She was really pleased of herself.

Beyer was picking up his wife and daughter from the airport with the couple’s 6-year-old kid when he noticed something was off.

He said, “They hadn’t landed when it was time for the plane to land [and] we couldn’t get text messages through.” The incident was confirmed by a buddy who works as an air traffic controller, and the sight of all the emergency personnel exacerbated the fear.

We had a good cry over it right then and there, and then we had to walk in with the family waiting room and everything before we got any official word of what had completely happened, so I didn’t have a lot of optimism,” Beyer told ABC News. To help the Beyer family through this difficult time, a “friend of the Beyer family” has set up a GoFundMe page.

The website also states, “In a tragic turn of events, we are heartbroken to share the devastating loss of 12-year-old Brielle and her beloved mother, Justyna, who both tragically died in the recent Washington, DC, plane crash.” “We are requesting support from our community during this extremely trying time, as their absence leaves an irreplaceable void in the hearts of family and friends.”