A super fan of Kansas City Chiefs who died in the plane accident in DC to be home again for the Super Bowl on time.
Dustin Miller, 44, had waited his whole life to see his beloved team try to win a super bowl victory of the third in a row.
“His words against my mother when she dropped him at the airport on Wednesday,” I'll call you when I land. I'm going to try to bring it back in time for the Super Bowl, “his sister Kristen said Miller-Zahn.
Miller had even bought a flight ticket for his brother Jon to fly to Kansas so that they could see the game at home as a family, according to a GoFundme made for the mourning family.
Miller, a resident of Kansas and IT Professional, was on his way to Rochester, NY, via DC for work when the tragedy struck.
“Shortly before the plane left Wichita, Dustin texted his boss and spoke with a friend, in which he described the festive mood among the crew and fellow passengers since it was the last flight of the day,” said the Goofundme.
“He also said how cool it was that we and Russian figure skaters were on board.”
Miller never came home again, because he was killed one of the 67 when the passenger jet and an army challenge clash in the air.
Chiefs Super Fan Dustin Miller, 44, had promised to be home for the Super Bowl on time, but he was killed at the plane crash in DC
Monday the storage room could remove one of the two jet engines from the river
His family will now watch Sunday's game in honor of him, they said.
“Dustin was the funniest man in the room,” said Miller's family in a statement.
“He was also the most generous and loving. He had a way to make people feel at home in his presence. '
The remains of all 67 victims of last week's midair collision of a flight from the American Airlines and an army helicopter near the capital of the country were found, the authorities said on Tuesday. Everything except one has been identified.
On Tuesday, crews that worked in turbulent circumstances brought a number of large pieces of the Jetliner from the Potomac River, including the right wing, the middle trunk and parts of the front cabin, cockpit, tail cone and rudder.
The most important medical researcher will work to positively identify the last series of remains, officials said.
The collision took place last Wednesday evening when the plane was about to land on nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport, where everyone was killed on board both aircraft.
Authorities said early that they expected the remains of everyone who died, and they are now focusing on picking up the jet and hope to recover the helicopter later this week.
On Monday, storage teams could pull one of the two jet engines from the river, along with large pieces from the outside of the plane, said Colonel Francis B. Pera of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Biller, a resident of Kansas who worked in it, was on his way to Rochester, NY, via DC for work when the tragedy struck
Miller's family, depicted with him, will now watch Sunday's game in honor of him, they said
The collision took place last Wednesday evening when the plane was about to land on nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport
Sixty passengers and four crew members were on the flight of American Airlines from Wichita, Kansas, including figure skaters who returned from the 2025 American figure skating championships there.
The Black Hawk was on a training mission. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O'hara, 28, Van Lilburn, Georgia; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, Van Great Mills, Maryland; and capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, from Durham, North Carolina, were on board.
Federal researchers try to merge the events that led to the collision. Full research usually takes a year or more, but they hope to have a provisional report within 30 days.
Wednesday's crash was the deadliest in the US since November 12, 2001, when a jet hit a New York City district just after taking off, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ground.
