They came from opposite ends of Canada, with very different paths to the cockpit.
But on Sunday evening, fate put them on the same flight — and what passengers later shared about them is a story no obituary could capture
The tragic plane crash at LaGuardia Airport has shaken people across the U.S. and around the world.
And behind the headlines and news reports, there are real lives lost and grieving families. The Air Canada Express CRJ-900, which collided with a fire truck on the runway late Sunday, had two pilots on board.
Both were killed in the crash, and 41 people were sent to the hospital.
Amid the chaos of the crash, the pilots reportedly did everything possible to save the lives of everyone on the plane and the firefighters on the runway. In those last critical moments, the pilots engaged reverse thrust, an effort that may have averted even more tragedy.
More and more details are emerging about who these men were — their origins, the paths they took, and the immense effort it took to reach the cockpit. A passenger, still shaken from the tarmac, also shared words that cast the tragedy in an entirely new light.
