Ian Epstein, a flight attendant aboard the doomed American Airlines passenger plane that collided with the army Black Hawk helicopter, was granted a fitting salute at his home airport.

ARLINGTON, Va. (Gray News) – A 53-year-old flight attendant who died on an American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter was identified by his loved ones Thursday. Ian Epstein was identified as a victim of the crash by his wife and sister.

As one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly,” Trump said at a press briefing Thursday. “Sadly, there are no survivors."

Relatives and loved ones have identified the four crew members on the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, DC, according to reports.The crew on American Airlines Flight 5342 was based in

Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died last week in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, was honored at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday evening with a water cannon salute.

Video shows an American Airlines plane carrying the body of flight attendant Ian Epstein who died in January 29 midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, passing under a water cannon salute.

The body of a flight attendant who died in last week’s Washington, D.C. plane crash was returned to Charlotte on Monday night. Ian Epstein was one of 67 people who lost their lives when a passenger jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter collided above the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday,