James Sontoro and Karenna Groff, recent MIT graduates, died in a private plane crash in New York. They were engaged in plans to marry, with families excited about the proposal. The couple, alongside four family members of Groff, perished in the incident while heading to celebrate a birthday and Passover. Both were accomplished individuals; Karenna was a former NCAA woman of the year and had started medical school, while James had secured a job at a hedge fund. Their families expressed profound grief over the loss of such promising young lives.
"They were planning to get married and they were planning to get engaged in the summer," Sontoro's dad, John Santoro, told Boston 25 News.
"The world lost a lot of very good people who were going to do a lot of good for the world if they had the opportunity. We're all personally devastated."
"The 25 years we had with James were the best years of our lives. The joy and love he brought us will be enough to last a lifetime."
Karenna, a former college soccer player who was named the 2022 NCAA woman of the year, had enrolled in medical school at New York University.
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