A terrible mid-air accident between a passenger airliner and a military helicopter in the United States claimed the lives of several passengers, including Asra Hussain Raza, a Pakistani woman.
A US military Black Hawk training aircraft attacked American Airlines Flight 5342 in midair while Asra was on board.
As they neared Washington, Asra texted her husband, Hamaad Raza, from the fateful trip, stating that she would land in roughly 20 minutes.
Hashim Raza, Hamaad’s father, told Reuters that his son never got another communication while he was waiting for her to arrive at the airport.
In a telephone interview, Hashim, who was traveling from Missouri to Washington to meet his son, said, “Asra was everything to us,” while choking back tears and speaking in a trembling voice. “Now, my kid
