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Wichita, Kansas – 30 January 2025
1. Woman comforting crying woman during vigil
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Lily Wu, Wichita:
“And I’m proud that this community is coming together in a time like this and a tragic event that should unite us all to remember that life is precious.”
3. Mayor praying with person
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Lily Wu, Wichita:
“And I believe as a community, we were so proud to see these high-level athletes, their families, their friends, fans coming to our community and sharing their skills and talents so that the whole world could see. And to end it with this type of tragedy just truly breaks my heart.”
5. Flowers and bear left at vigil
6. People skating in ice center
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean O’Reilly, Wichita Ice Center general manager:
“It’s unimaginable the pain that the families of the people who passed away on the airplane and also the service members who were in the helicopter, I, I can’t imagine what they are going through.”
8. Various exteriors of Wichita Ice Center
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean O’Reilly, Wichita Ice Center general manager:
“We had a couple of skaters leave the ice this morning in tears after they did their freestyle after finding out about it. It’s just a, really in all reality, it doesn’t matter what community, what part of what it’s about. It just it’s it’s it’s just a tragedy all around.”
10. People gathered outside for vigil
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristin Anneler, Wichita resident:
“It’s just a tiny little bite, Right? Of of the cross-section of humanity. That. That we often forget about because we run in our own circles, and we think our own thoughts.”
12. Various of people praying during vigil
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristin Anneler, Wichita resident:
“To know that our city leaders cared enough to gather around people of different faiths and allow all people to speak if they wanted to, I thought was really beautiful.”
14. People praying during vigil
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kristin Anneler, Wichita resident:
“You know, there’s been a lot of tragedies in in the U.S. in the last year, flooding and fires. And then something happens that actually hits your hometown. That’s hard.”
16. Close up of bear left at vigil
STORYLINE:
When American Eagle Flight 5342 took off from Wichita, Kansas, the Midwest city with a proud aviation history had been basking in a big moment.
It had just hosted the next generation of Olympic hopefuls at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the kind of major sporting event that local leaders had envisioned when they opened a 15,000-seat arena in 2010.
For Wichita, which once built many of the nation’s aircraft, the skating showcase was another way of putting the community in America’s heartland on a larger stage.
Then came the horror of learning the flight never made it.
“I was gutted this morning when I found out. It’s just it’s unimaginable the pain that the families of the people who passed away,” Wichita Ice Center general manager Sean O’Reilly said. “We had a couple of skaters leave the ice this morning in tears after they did their freestyle after finding out about it. It’s just a, really in all reality, it doesn’t matter what community, it’s just a tragedy all around.”
It was unclear how many of the victims were from Wichita. Authorities have not released a list of the passengers, who included hunting buddies, an attorney coming back from business trip and a college student returning from her grandfather’s funeral.
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