A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims
By Alaa Elassar, Samantha Waldenberg, Taylor Galgano, David Williams, Amanda Jackson, Jessica Coacci, Haley Britzky and Sara Smart, CNN
(CNN) — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001.
Among the victims were three soldiers aboard the helicopter, four members of the jet’s flight crew, 28 skaters and family members affiliated with US Figure Skating, seven friends on a hunting trip and other passengers who are now being mourned and remembered by their family and friends.
As details of the disturbing catastrophe emerge and additional bodies are identified, the full weight and impact of the lives lost grows heavier. Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far.
A Virginia family of four
It was rare to walk into the Ashburn Ice House, in Northern Virginia, and not see a member of the Livingston family.
Everly Livingston, 14, and her sister Alydia, 11, were promising young figure skaters, dad Peter Livingston played hockey and Donna was very active in the girls’ lives, family friend Kim Urban told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
The family died in Wednesday night’s crash on their way home from Wichita, Kansas, where they participated in events surrounding the US Figure Skating Championships.
“The Livingstons were just – they were just a big personality family. They were loving, they were thoughtful. Donna and Peter were extraordinarily supportive parents. They were loving parents. They were doing anything for their children,” Urban said. “Alydia and Everly were, like, bright children, very talented skaters and super bubbly.”
After the family boarded the flight, Donna took photos of her smiling family and sent them to Jin Ah Longerbeam, a close family friend whose children practiced skating with the Livingstons.
Every time the Longerbeams visited the Livingstons, Jin Ah said it was a “joyous” time and there was always a point for everyone to sit down and eat dinner together. “Originally it was just skating, because we’d see each other at the rink and then it just turned into sharing our lives together,” Longerbeam said.
Everly and Alydia were both very artistic and talented, young skaters who were passionate about skating. “These were the kids that would’ve represented the USA,” Longerbeam said.
Female Black Hawk pilot ‘excelled in everything’
The female Black Hawk pilot who was co-piloting the aircraft when it collided with the passenger plane last week was a “driven and hardworking” officer who “was made for” Army aviation, those who knew her recalled to CNN on Saturday.
The Army officially identified the pilot as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, 28, one of the three-person crew inside the UH-60 Black Hawk. While the Army released the names of the other two soldiers on board the Black Hawk on Friday, Lobach’s name had been withheld at her family’s request.
CNN previously reported Lobach was co-piloting the Black Hawk at the time of the collision on Wednesday evening.
A statement released Saturday by the Lobach family called her a “bright star” who was “kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong.”
“Rebecca was a warrior and would not hesitate to defend her country in battle. But she was as graceful as she was fierce: in addition to her duties as an Army aviator, Rebecca was honored to serve as a White House Military Social Aide, volunteering to support the President and First Lady in hosting countless White House events, including ceremonies awarding the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” the family’s statement said.
Capt. Bilal Kordab, an Army officer who recruited Lobach into the North Carolina National Guard while she was a student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, told CNN Lobach was “a driven and hardworking individual that absolutely worked her tail off” to accomplish what she did.
“She was not handed anything. She was more than qualified for anything that she was able to accomplish,” Kordab said. “She excelled in everything,” including flight school. Lobach commissioned into the Army as an active-duty aviation officer from the ROTC program at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2019.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Sabrina Bell, who now serves in Alaska but who previously served with Lobach in the same company at the 12th Aviation Battalion, told CNN that Lobach was “head-over-heels motivated” from the moment she arrived at the unit.
As an officer, Lobach had a unique ability to connect with not only her soldiers but the leaders above her, Bell said. “I can easily say she is one of the best leaders that I have ever had,” Bell said.
Two more soldiers aboard the Black Hawk
The US Army earlier released the names of the two other soldiers onboard the Black Hawk military helicopter.
Ryan O’Hara, 28, from Lilburn, Georgia, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, from Great Mills, Maryland, died in the crash. Eaves was the instructor pilot on board and had about 1,000 flight hours, according to Army official Jonathan Koziol.
O’Hara is being remembered by a fellow service member as “one of the finest, most disciplined, committed trainers” he has ever worked with.
Josh Muehlendorf, Chief Warrant Officer 5 with the US Army, worked with O’Hara when he was a senior instructor pilot of the battalion O’Hara was in.
“I’ve flown dozens of flights with Ryan O’Hara, trying to tap into his expertise on Hoist operation,” Muehlendorf said.
O’Hara graduated from Parkview High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in 2014, CNN affiliate WSB reported.
“Ryan is fondly remembered as a guy who would fix things around the ROTC gym as well as a vital member of the Rifle Team. Ryan leaves behind a wife and 1-year-old son,” the school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps wrote in a statement obtained by WSB.
O’Hara was a crew chief by trade, Muehlendorf told CNN, explaining his “military occupational specialty was a 15T and he was originally trained to be a maintainer of Black Hawk helicopters.”
O’Hara’s responsibilities expanded and he began teaching other crew chiefs how to properly execute crew duties in the back of a Black Hawk, Muehlendorf said.
Muehlendorf recalled O’Hara as a man with a deep love for his family.
“I remember being longwinded in a debrief and he had to tell me that he had a date night planned. The debrief promptly ended,” Muehlendorf said.
“A huge loss to Army Aviation and the world around him. May he rest in peace, and may our Father be a comfort to his dear family,” he said.
Two young skaters and their parents
Two young skaters and their parents have been identified by the U.S. Figure Skating group as victims of the crash.
Cory Haynos, 16, and his mother and father died in the plane collision according to a news release from the Skating Club of Northern Virginia. The group did not name Haynos’ parents.
The group described Haynos as a “skater with limitless potential” who one day hoped to qualify for the U.S. Figure Skating Championship.
Edward Zhou, 16, was also identified by the skating club as one of the victims. His parents, Yu Zhou and Kaiyan Mao, were also on board and died in the collision.
Zhou had been skating since he was a child and was “always eager to try new things with a smile on his face,” according to the skating club.
“He was an enthusiastic supporter of his fellow skaters,” the club said.
A little girl who just celebrated her 12th birthday and her mom
Just weeks ago, young figure skater Brielle Beyer celebrated her birthday with a sleepover party her mom, Justyna Magdalena Beyer, organized with a movie night, tents and a rainbow balloon arch.
The decorations are still up – but both mother and daughter, of Northern Virginia, were killed in Wednesday’s tragedy, leaving their family struggling to grapple with the enormity of their loss.
“I’m just so in shock right now,” Andy Beyer, Brielle’s dad and Justyna’s husband, told CNN. “There’s like a place in my mind that I can’t get near with all of the pain and grief. It’s like the door in my house to my daughter’s room – I just can’t go anywhere near it.”
Beyer fondly recalled a memory of Brielle choreographing her own skating routine and performing it on the rink when she was just 10. It was his favorite performance she ever did.
“She was just the sweetest girl,” he said, adding his wife was always “pouring her heart out for her children.”
“Justyna did not do anything small for the kids, everything she did was big and it had to be special and beautiful and memorable. That was how she expressed herself as a mom.”
An ice skating rink manager said his tight-knit Northern Virginia figure skating community lost 14 members in the accident.
“Many children spend long hours here practicing daily, which means their parents spend long hours here, which means we get to know the families on a very intimate level,” Ashburn Ice House General Manager Rob Lorenzen said at a Friday news conference.
“This is such a terrible tragedy,” he said.
A mother and her young son
Julia Kay and her son, 11-year-old Sean Kay, leave behind a broken-hearted husband and father – and three other children – after they were killed in the horrific collision.
Vitali Kay and his wife, Julia, had been together for more than 20 years after meeting in college, he told CNN affiliate KYW. He described Julia as “full of energy.”
“The plane was supposed to land at 9, and I called my wife and she didn’t pick up,” he told KYW. “I thought maybe it was on airplane mode and she forgot to switch it off.”
Sean was an ice skater at the University of Delaware, his father told KYW. His coach and at least three other youth figure skaters were also killed.
Sean loved playing his guitar, even bringing it to a Metallica concert in Philadelphia last May, The Washington Post reported.
Kay told The Washington Post that Sean, who was a curious child, developed an interest in ice skating after his older sister began skating and he noticed there were cute girls involved in the sport.
Youth skaters, a mother and a coach
Kay and fellow youth skater Angela Yang, and their coach Alexandr “Sasha” Kirsanov, all from Delaware, died in the crash, US Sen. Chris Coons, who represents Delaware, said.
“Sasha Kirsanov, Sean Kay, and Angela Yang went to Wichita to pursue their passion for figure skating,” Coons posted on X Thursday. “It is a tragedy that none of them returned home to our state.”
Kirsanov’s wife, Natalia Gudin, told Delaware Online/The News Journal that Kay and Young were an amazing team and had a big future ahead.
“For me, it’s a triple loss,” Gudin said. CNN has reached out to her for comment but has not heard back.
Yang’s mother, Zheheng (Lily) Li, was also killed, according to a news release from the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club.
Kirsanov was a former skating coach for the university’s club, according to the school’s president, Dennis Assanis.
“Sasha was more than just a coach – he was a mentor, a friend, and a light in the skating world,” Melissa Maldonado, the school’s figure skating club president, said. “His passion for this sport was contagious, and his kindness, wisdom, and unwavering belief in his skaters helped so many of us grow both on and off the ice.”
Another skater, Olivia Ter, 12, from Maryland, also was killed in the collision and is being remembered as an exceptional youth figure skater who inspired her peers. Her mother, Olesya Taylor, also was killed.
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation in Prince George’s County released a statement Thursday night identifying Olivia as a victim.
“The impact of Olivia’s life will continue to resonate in our youth sports community, and she will be sorely missed,” said Bill Tyler, the commission’s director.
“Olivia not only excelled in figure skating programs, but inspired others through her talent, determination and sportsmanship,” Tyler said. “Her passion for the sport and positive influence on her peers and coaches will not be forgotten.”
At a Saturday morning gathering in Leesburg, Virginia, loved ones, elected officials and community members came together to honor the young figure skaters.
With tearful eyes, other fellow skaters and coaches shared personal tributes to the victims, emphasizing their vibrant personalities and impact on the skating community.
“Our hearts are heavy with the sadness and shock for the loss of the vibrant and shining individuals that we not only shared the ice with, but shared countless beautiful memories with,” Lorraine McNamara, a world junior champion, said at the vigil.
“Their presence will be deeply missed, but their spirit lives on in our hearts.”
A 28-year-old with ‘an adventurous spirit’
Melissa Jane Nicandri, 28, from New York, was “everything that anyone could hope for with a daughter,” her family told CNN in a statement confirming their unfathomable loss.
“We are devastated by the sudden loss of Melissa,” the Nicandri family said. “Melissa had an adventurous spirit and will be missed forever.”
Nicandri was “beautiful, smart, funny, kind and generous,” her family said, expressing their desire for space during their time of mourning.
“At just 28 years old, her life was tragically cut short,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement on X.
A flight attendant living ‘one of her dreams’
Flight attendant Danasia Elder, a mother of two, was one of the people killed in Wednesday’s midair collision, the Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America announced in a Facebook post.
She was based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had been flying since last year, the union said. Her brother-in-law, Brandon Payne, told CNN affiliate WSOC she was “a great wife, a great parent, a great friend.”
“She was very bright, very smart. She was an entrepreneur. This flight attendant thing was kind of like one of her dreams she wanted to do,” Payne said. “She would want y’all do the same thing she did. Chase your dreams, no matter what. Don’t let nothing scare you.”
Lindsey Fields
Kansas biology teacher Lindsey Fields, the president-elect of the National Association of Biology Teachers, was aboard American Airlines Flight 5432 and killed in Wednesday’s collision.
The association reported her death in a statement and said she was traveling to Washington to “represent the NABT community and advocate for excellence in life science education.”
“This is a tremendous loss. Please keep Lindsey, the other victims, and their families in your hearts. We also ask that you respect the privacy of her loved ones at this time,” the statement said.
Fields and was listed as the Biology Department Chair in her faculty biography and taught biology, anatomy and physiology at Butler Community College in Kansas.
“Outside of the classroom I enjoy cooking, reading, hiking (any type of activity outdoors really) and spending time with my family and Great Danes. I love to travel to the mountains and spend time fishing,” she wrote in her school bio.
First Officer Sam Lilley and Capt. Jonathan Campos
Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight minutes away from a safe landing when the collision with the Army helicopter plunged both aircraft and everyone on board into the Potomac River.
“I was so proud when Sam became a pilot,” Lilley’s father, Timothy Lilley, said in a Facebook post Thursday. “Now it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep. I know I’ll see him again but my heart is breaking.”
Lilley, 28, was the first officer on the flight, his father said in the post, and was “doing great in his career and his personal life.”
“It is so devastating to lose someone that is loved so much,” Timothy Lilley said. “This is undoubtedly the worst day of my life,” he told FOX 5 Atlanta.
The grieving father, who served as a helicopter pilot in the Army for 20 years, said he believes the commercial jet involved in the incident was following proper procedures.
“From what I can see, those guys turned right into the jet. I think the PSA jet was doing everything right,” Lilley told Fox 5 Atlanta. “The Army pilot made a grave error. It hurts me because those are my brothers, and now my son is dead.”
Jonathan Campos, the captain of the American Airlines flight, was also killed, according to a fellow pilot who knew Campos. The colleague said Campos became a captain for the airline in 2022.
“He was an amazing person,” a family member, Edward Campos, told CNN. “He loved flying. He loved his family.”
Campos was a federal flight deck officer for the Transportation Security Administration, specially trained to defend commercial aircraft against criminal activity and allowed to carry a firearm aboard.
Campos was hired as a first officer in 2019 and later promoted to captain in 2022 at PSA Airlines. In 2023, he completed the federal flight deck officer training program and was deputized by TSA. He completed about 700 in-flight security missions for TSA and the Federal Air Marshal Service.
“FFDO Campos will be remembered for his honorable and selfless service, and his dedication to his crew, passengers, and country,” a TSA spokesperson said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with FFDO Campos family, friends, colleagues, and the FFDO community.”
Jonathan Campos also served as a “valued flight instructor” at Epic Flight Academy, which remembered him as “a skilled and dedicated pilot with an undeniable passion for flying” in a statement on Facebook.
Ian Epstein
Ian Epstein, 53, was a flight attendant on the American Airlines flight involved in the deadly collision, his sister, Robbie Bloom, confirmed to CNN.
“My brother was a wonderful, wonderful man. He loved life. He loved traveling. He loved his job. He loved his family. And he will be sorely missed,” Bloom said.
Epstein, who had been a flight attendant for several years, leaves behind two children and two stepchildren, according to Bloom.
“He made friends everywhere he went. He used to talk about the people he met on the plane as if they were all new friends,” Bloom said.
Garrick McFadden, a friend and former colleague of Epstein, told CNN’s Laura Coates that Epstein was “a ball of vibrant, colorful energy.”
McFadden also noted how tight-knit the flight attendant community is, and how the loss of Epstein hits home.
“We love our job. We get up every day, a lot of us do it because we just love people, regardless of pay,” McFadden said. “But Ian definitely was one of the greatest examples of (that).”
“I miss him,” McFadden said.
Asra Hussain Raza
Asra Hussain Raza, 26, was one of the victims, her father-in-law, Dr. Hashim Raza, told CNN.
A daughter of Indian immigrants, Hussain Raza graduated with honors in 2020 from Indiana University and married her college sweetheart in August 2023, Raza said.
Raza was a Washington, DC-based consultant who traveled to Wichita twice a month to work on a turnaround project for a hospital there, her father-in-law said. She would often call him at the end of his late emergency room shifts to make sure he stayed awake on the drive home, he told CNN.
“She went out of her way for everybody,” Raza said.
Friends on an annual hunting trip
Michael “Mikey” Stovall and Jesse Pitcher, along with other friends, were returning home from their annual hunting trip to Kansas, according to family members.
Stovall’s mother, Christina Stovall, told CNN affiliate WINK he was an amazing father and son.
“Mikey did not have one enemy,” she said. “He loved everybody. He’s the happiest person. He saw good in everybody, almost to a fault.”
Seven friends were on the hunting trip, she said.
Pitcher and Stovall worked together, Pitcher’s father, Jameson Pitcher, told The New York Times. Pitcher had been looking forward to the trip, his dad said, adding his son had been married for just over a year and was in the process of building a home.
Stovall worked as a steamfitter – a tradesperson who installs and maintains piping systems – his cousin, Shawna Slarb, told the Times.
Stovall was one of four members of Maryland-based Steamfitters Local 602 killed in the crash. The union represents workers in the heating, air conditioning, refrigeration and process piping industries in the DC metropolitan area.
The other members were identified as Charles “Charlie” McDaniel, 44; Jonathan D. Boyd, 40; and Alexander “Alex” Huffman, 34, in a Facebook post from the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada.
Pitcher was a member of Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5 in DC, with eight years of service, according to the post.
It’s unclear whether they were all on the hunting trip.
A civil rights attorney and two young legal associates
A Harvard-trained civil rights attorney, Kiah Duggins, and two bright young law associates, Sarah Lee Best and Elizabeth Anne Keys, are also among the victims.
Duggins, an attorney at the Civil Rights Corps in Washington, was returning home from visiting her family in Wichita when she died in the collision, according to CNN affiliate KWCH.
“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 family said in a statement reported by KWCH.
Duggins got her juris doctor from Harvard Law School in 2021 – where she served as president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau – and was set to become a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall, the university confirmed in a statement.
“As a civil rights lawyer, she dedicated her career to fighting against unconstitutional policing and unjust money bail practices in Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C.,” the university said in a statement.
Duggins served as a White House intern during the Obama administration and spent nearly a year in Taiwan on a Fulbright grant teaching English, according to her LinkedIn and information provided by Wichita State University, where she got her bachelor’s degree in economics.
Best and Keys, associates of the law firm Wilkinson Stekloff, were also on the plane Wednesday, the firm confirmed in a statement.
“Liz and Sarah were cherished members of our firm—wonderful attorneys, colleagues, and friends,” the firm said in a statement.
Keys, a 33-year-old Cincinnati native, was traveling aboard the flight from Wichita, Kansas, her family confirmed to CNN affiliate WXIX. The crash occurred on her birthday, the station reported.
“Words cannot express how deeply Elizabeth, my Bitsy, will be missed. We are filled with unbearable sorrow and despair at our loss,” her family wrote in a statement.
A 2010 valedictorian of Madeira High School in Cincinnati, Keys went on to graduate from Tufts University, where she was a standout member of the varsity sailing team. She earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, according to her social media.
She was remembered as an exceptional lawyer who brought “fearlessness, humor, and sharp wit to work every day, no matter the setting or circumstances,” her family said.
Best, who joined the firm last fall, was described as someone who “quickly energized us all with her boundless curiosity, kindness, and intelligence.”
US Figure Skating athletes, coaches and family members
A married pair of skating champions, two young skaters and two of their parents were among those killed in the collison, the Skating Club of Boston said Thursday.
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world figure skating champions in pairs, died in the collision. They represented Russia but moved to the US, where they launched successful coaching careers. They are survived by their son, Maxim Naumov, who won fourth place at the US men’s figure skating championships three days before the tragedy.
Skater Jinna Han and her mother, Jin Han, were also killed, along with skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine Lane, the Skating Club of Boston said.
Douglas Lane told CNN affiliate WCVB when he saw the news that a passenger plane had crashed near Reagan National Airport – where his wife and son were due to land – “my heart just started exploding out of my chest.”
Lane described Spencer as a “force of nature” who “had his eye on the Olympics.”
His wife, Christine, “just connected with everyone,” Lane told WCVB. “People were really drawn to her.”
The tragedy will have a profound impact on the World Figure Skating Championships in March, which will be held in Boston this year.
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight included athletes and others returning from a development camp that was held in conjunction with the US Figure Skating Championships, which had been held over several days in Wichita, according to the organization that oversees figure skating in the US.
US Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, who went to the Skating Club of Boston on Thursday to support the community she loves, said she had “never seen anyone love skating” as much as the athletes who died in the collision.
“I’m not sure how to process it,” she said, crying.
Kerrigan said she had been watching coverage of the tragedy all night, but then “when you find out you know some of the people on the plane, it’s even a bigger blow.”
While Kerrigan said she didn’t know the coaches personally, she did remember seeing them over the years. She remembered they always had a “smile on their face.”
“To walk in here and not see that, I think would be very strange for everybody that comes here, especially those that are here day in and day out,” she said. “It’s going to be hard.”
Inna Volyanskaya
An ice skating coach from Ashburn, Virginia, is among the victims of the collision, according to US Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, who represents the district.
In a post on X, Subramanyam identified Inna Volyanskaya as a passenger on the flight.
Volyanskaya’s career on the ice included multiple gold, silver and bronze medals in various international competitions, according to Ashburn Ice House. She was also a pair skater with the Soviet Union National Team, twice placing first in the Soviet Union Cup.
She graduated from the Moscow University of Physical Culture, according to the Virginia rink.
After competing for many years, Volyanskaya also skated as the leading role in numerous ice shows, including Cinderella in the ice show “Cinderella,” Belle in “Beauty and the Beast,” and Ariel in Disney on Ice’s “The Little Mermaid,” according to the rink.
She transitioned to coaching in 2002, according to Ashburn Ice House. She coached skaters to medals at regional, sectional and US national levels, according to Washington Figure Skating Club.
Mother of two young children
A mother of two young children was a victim of the fatal collision, according to a GoFundMe page set up on behalf of her family.
Wendy Jo Shaffer leaves behind her 1-year-old, 3-year-old and husband, according to the GoFundMe page.
The site shared a statement from the Shaffer family: “We are devastated. Words cannot truly express what Wendy Jo meant as a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife and most importantly, a mother.”
CNN has reached out to the Shaffer family.
A Kansas couple who helped others
Kansas couple Robert “Bob” and Lori Schrock were aboard the American Airlines flight on their way visit their daughter, a junior at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, The Washington Post reported.
Their daughter Ellie Schrock told The Post she was excited about seeing her parents Bob, a 58-year-old farmer, and Lori, 56, who were traveling with their two cats from Kiowa, Kansas.
Michael Simpson, a friend of the couple, told CNN affiliate KAKE they were good people whom he could always rely on.
Simpson said he met Bob when he was 12 and became a mentor to him, and he could always count on him for guidance and support, according to the station.
Simpson owns and operates the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch, which is dedicated to helping young boys who have had difficult home lives, according to KAKE. Bob encouraged him to leave his job and follow his dream by taking over the ranch full-time, Simpson said.
When he heard of the Schrocks’ deaths, Simpson said, he told the boys how Bob and Lori made the ranch and the program possible. “And they didn’t do it because they know you. They did it because they didn’t know you and yet they loved you,” Simpson said he told them. “I never want to forget that.”
The longtime friend told KAKE even though he is grieving, he knows he’ll see his friend again one day, and he reflected on one of the last texts he sent to Bob.
“Thank you doesn’t seem to cover it, brother,” the text reads. “I hope you and your wife know how much I appreciate you.”
CNN’s Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, Holly Yan, Juan Carlos Lopez, Jillian Sykes, Lauren Mascarenhas, Dalia Faheid, Lex Harvey, Kia Fatahi, Teele Rebane, Sarah Dewberry, Max Rego, Zenebou Sylla, Emma Tucker, Zoe Sottile and Dawn Sawyer contributed to this report.
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