An American Airlines plane with 64 people on board collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

Those killed were a diverse group of people loved by family and friends that are beginning to tell their stories.

The victims of the first major U.S. commercial air disaster in 16 years included a rising legal star, an engineering student coming from her grandfather's funeral, two Chinese nationals, a group of hunters,

Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

Loudoun County and Fairfax County public school systems says multiple victims in the Potomac River plane crash Wednesday night were community members. Neither school system provided names of the deceased,

Sixty-seven people are believed dead following Wednesday night’s crash between a commercial jet and an Army helicopter from Fort Belvoir.

No survivors found in crash between Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines jet over Potomac River near DC

An Ashburn figure-skating family with grand ambitions to represent Team USA was among those killed in a devastating mid-air collision over the Potomac River. / Facebook photosEverly Livingston,

D.C. Water is dropping crews and a 14-ton drilling rig just north of Great Falls in Virginia to gather samples for a future sewer project.

A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.

The rare circular ice slabs spun, collided and collected in large eddies because of the prolonged cold weather.

With the impact of the American Airlines crash reverberating across the D.C. area, residents are being called on to lend support and seek community.