#HNNMemorial 5 years later> #RIP to the victims of Colgan Air Flight 3407 including 911 Activist Beverly Eckert.

Beverly Eckert with Prez Obama 6 days before the flight.

#RIP to the victims of the 2009 Colgan Air Flight 3407 which claimed some talented public figures.On February 12, 2009, at 10:17 p.m. EST the plane crashed into a house in Clarence Center, New York after experiencing an aerodynamic stall. All 49 people on board were killed, along with one person in the house. 

A total of 50 people were killed, including all four crew members, one off-duty crew member, all 44 other passengers, and one resident of the house that was struck. One woman on the plane was pregnant. There were four injuries on the ground, including two other people inside the home at the time of the crash. Beverly Eckert the 911 wife who lost her husband was on that flight. Some others are below but my sincere condolences goes to all the families of everyone on that flight.

Alison Des Forges, American historian and activist (b. 1942)
Beverly Eckert, American activist (b. 1951)
Mat Mathews, Dutch accordion player (b. 1924)
Coleman Mellett, American guitarist (b. 1974)
Gerry Niewood, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
Claude Nollier, French actress (b. 1919)