What was meant to be a joyful reunion for Andy Beyer and his family after a flight from Kansas turned into a devastating tragedy when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided midair with an Army helicopter. Andy waited at Ronald Reagan National Airport, unaware of the disaster. When news broke of the crash, he had to convey the heart-wrenching truth to his son, leading to an intense wave of grief. The family had been eagerly communicating before the flight's arrival, and the loss of Justyna and their daughter Brielle left Andy to grapple with profound sorrow and shock.
I go through these moments of extreme sadness and tears, and then I get flat and numb, and then I feel guilty that I'm not just crying all the time.
The tracker said 'landed,' and texts went from blue to green. And then fire trucks started going by. And at that point, I knew something was wrong.
He let out a really long cry. He just said, 'No!' You know? It really hurt. That's how we found out before anything was really official.
Brielle was the most amazing gift I could have asked for.
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