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Hi all, I am unsure if all of you have heard on the news but this past Thursday there was a very tragic plane accident outside of Buffalo New York. It happened in Clarence Center, which is about 5 miles outside of where the plane was supposed to land. They still are not clear on exactly what happened.
Tragically all of those on the airplane and one man in his own home passed away. Here is a list of some of the people that died. A lot of these people were brilliant people who had a lot of life left in them!
Pilot, Capt. Marvin Dean Renslow of Lutz, Fla.

First flight officer Rebecca Lynne Shaw, 24, of Maple Valley, Washington, had joined Colgan Air,in January 2008 and had flown 2,244 hours with Colgan. Records show she was certified as a flight instructor.

Flight attendant Matilda Quintero.

Flight attendant Donna Prisco.

Capt. Joseph Zuffoletto, off-duty crew member from Jamestown.

Former Amherst resident Beverly Eckert, the widow of Sean Rooney, who was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Eckert was traveling to Buffalo for a family celebration of what would have been her husband's 58th birthday.

Alison Des Forges, who once taught at the University at Buffalo, historian and human rights activist who documented the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Ellyce Kausner, a graduate of Clarence High School and Canisius College, who was a second-year student at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Fla. She was traveling home to visit her family and boyfriend before final exams.

Madeline Loftus, 24, a former Buffalo State College student who lives in New Jersey. She was on her way to reunite with 14 other alumni of Buffalo State's women's ice hockey team for a game Saturday. Loftus played for the school team from 2002 to 2004.

Jerome Krasuski, 53, was returning home to Cheektowaga with three other colleagues from Northrop Grumman, where he was a program manager. The former North Tonawanda resident worked for the Williamsville defense contractor for more than 20 years. He became a grandfather for the first time four months ago with the birth of his granddaughter, Ava. Krasuski's three Northrop Grumman colleagues also died in the crash.

Susan Wehle, cantor at Temple Beth Am, Amherst, was returning home from a vacation in Costa Rica. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Wehle, 55, was a cantorial soloist at Temple Sinai in Amherst for nearly 10 years before joining Temple Beth Am in 2002. She has two sons, Jonah and Jake.

Don McDonald, Fort Erie resident, was a technical manager at Pharmetics, Inc. in Fort Erie for 26 years. "Don was returning from New Jersey where he was reviewing some packaging equipment that the company was planning to buy," said Peter Lucyshyn, vice-president of quality operations.

Zhaofang Guo 55, of Williamsville, husband of Dr. Ping Wang. Dr. Wang works at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Rochester native Gerry Niewood, 64, and jazz guitarist Coleman Mellett, of East Brunswick, N.J., both musicians with the Chuck Mangione Band, were scheduled to perform tonight at Kleinhans Music Hall.

Mary "Belle" Pettys, of West Seneca, was returning to Buffalo area from a business trip to New Jersey. Pettys had spent 25 years working for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York and since 2006 had been employed by TriZetto, a healthcare company. She got engaged last December on her 50th birthday, and was to be married this June.

David M. Borner, of Pendleton, who worked for Kraft Foods, was returning from a business trip in New Jersey. He had planned to leave for a Florida cruise with his family this morning. His has one child in Starpoint High School and another in Starpoint Middle School.

Lorin Maurer, 30, of Princeton, N.J. worked for Princeton University's Office of Development Priorities. She was traveling to Buffalo for the first time to attend the wedding of Keith Kuwik, brother of her boyfriend Kevin Kuwik. Both are sons of former Erie County Legislator Edward J. Kuwik of Lackawanna.

Jean Srnecz, senior vice-president of merchandising for book distributer Baker & Taylor, was traveling to the Buffalo area to visit family. She was a gradulate of D'Youville College.

Douglas C. Wielinski, 61, an engineer and veteran, was believed to be in the dining room of the family's Clarence Center home when the airplane crashed into the house. Wielinski's wife, Karen, was able to escape by crawling out of the family room in the rear of the house. His daughter, Jill, was blown out of the house, officials said. Interestingly also, Douglas had been in a helicopter accident a few years ago and vowed to never go on any type of aircraft again! Tragic!

Carl Yarber, 62, of Riverside, Calif., was originally from Dayton, Ohio, and became a musician after the serving in the Vietnam War, according to his ex-wife. He was headed to Buffalo spend time with a friend.

I will add more as they release more information.

This is the first crash of its kind in Western New York. A lot of us are a bit distraught and saddened by this. This is also the second plane accident in the state of NY in the last month. At least the last one, Hudson Bay, everyone survived. This is very tragic.
I personally did not know anyone on the flight, fortunately. My landlord's father worked with some men who were on the flight for business. My MIL said that her bosses' wife (owners of the company) was the next in line for the flight, but it was full.

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This is a very heartbreaking thing. Words just can't express the sadness of it all.

Did you know you have the wrong date of this tragedy? If you want to correct it you can edit your posting.

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Changed the date Thanks LOL.. at first I didn't know what you were talking about then I saw the 12 for the month and went "ohhhh..."

But, this is very tragic.
Here are some other names from the latest name list:
Ronald Gonzalez of Brunswick NJ

Brad Green Sr. of East Amherst, NY (just outside of Clarence)

Darren Tolsma also worked for Northrop Grumman. This is the company that my landlord's father works for. There were 2 others on the flight whose names have not been released yet.

Ronald and Linda Davidson, they were from Westfield NY. She was a registered nurse for the local hospital's cardiac and rehabilitation program in Westfield. He volunteered regularly at the soup kitchen.

Donald, Dawn and Shawn Mossop of Bloomsfield NJ, also Dawn's sister Ferris Reid. Shawn was 12 years old. They were all Jehovah's Witnesses.

John Roberts, used to be from Lewiston NY, which is north of Niagara Falls, right on Lake Ontraio. Beautiful area!

This is a very tragic accident. This was the first accident in 2 1/2 years to cause deaths. The families are in sorrow. Don't forget also the responders that have been involved. This will forever be in their memories more in depth than any of ours. This was a very sad week for Buffalo NY and the surrounding areas.