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We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims' families closely in our hearts,
You want me to go swimming?”
Donald Trump responded sarcastically to questions about whether he would be visiting the site of the deadly crash over the Potomac River in Washington D.C., asking reporters at the White House We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so,
read the email, which was reviewed by The New York Times I don’t care what background they come from, what their race is, what their gender is, if they’re rich or they’re poor. I just need them to be good at their job because I need my flight to land safely,
Lindsey was a colleague, friend, and educator who dedicated her wisdom and talents to changing students’ lives every day. We owe her much gratitude for sharing her light with us and we will forever feel this loss. We send much love and support to her family and friends during this most difficult time,
With broken hearts we send our condolences to her family and friends, and the students, faculty and staff whom we know without a doubt were positively impacted by Lindsey’s energy and dedication to her craft.”
Butler Community College also shared a statement with the Butler County Times Gazette The environment around which we choose pilots and air traffic controllers, as the president pointed out correctly yesterday, better be the highest possible standard. The best of the best,
Only the best can go through the rigorous selection program, the screening program and then one-to-five-year training program prior to receiving their certification,
It's a tragedy, a horrible loss of life for those 64 souls on that civilian airliner, and of course the three soldiers in that Black Hawk [helicopter],
said new defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday We are coming to terms with the grief associated with the loss of our beautiful and accomplished firstborn. Please respect our family’s privacy at this time.”
Her father, Maurice Duggins, said in a statement Both of these young Georgians shared a passion for flight and for serving others, and this terrible tragedy is that much more difficult knowing their lives were cut so unexpectedly short,
I don't know about you, but when I saw the when I saw the news of the crash last night and just waking up this morning and watching the briefing, your heart just goes out, not only to the families who lost loved ones, but to everybody who was part of that,
We are going to conduct a thorough investigation of this entire tragedy, looking at the facts,
These are not people who should be doing this particular job,
Trump said at a news conference, without specifying whom he was referring to They actually came out with a directive: 'too white'. And we want the people that are competent."
Accusing his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama of having kept good employees out of the aviation agency in pursuit of DEI, he claimed He's in charge. This happened on his watch,
I just saw a fireball and it was gone,
one air traffic controller was heard telling a colleague after communication with the helicopter was cut The recorders are at the NTSB labs for evaluation,
the agency said in a statement to AFP It could have been."
Asked again by reporters whether he was blaming workplace diversity for the crash, Trump answered He's run it right into the ground with his diversity,