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Tuesday 4 February 2025
Salvage crews remove large portion of commercial jet from river

after deadly air collision near D.C.

By DAVID R. MARTIN, MI- no survivors.
CHAEL R. SISAK and CLAU- On Sunday, family mem-
DIA LAUER bers were taken in buses
Associated Press with a police escort to the
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Sal- Potomac River bank near
vage crews have removed where the two aircraft
a large portion of a com- came to rest after colliding.
mercial jet from the Po- The plane’s passengers in-
tomac River near Washing- cluded figure skaters return-
ton’s Reagan National Air- ing from the 2025 U.S. Fig-
port on Monday, five days ure Skating Championships
after a midair collision last in Wichita and a group of
week that killed 67 people. hunters returning from a
Authorities have said the guided trip. Army Staff Sgt.
operation to remove the Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of
plane will take several days Lilburn, Georgia; Chief War-
and they will then work to rant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd
remove the military he- Eaves, 39, of Great Mills,
licopter involved in the Maryland; and Capt. Re-
crash. becca M. Lobach, of Dur-
The crash between the ham, North Carolina, were
American Airlines jet and an in the helicopter.
Army helicopter over Wash- Federal investigators were
ington D.C. on Wednesday Rescue and salvage crews with cranes pull up the wreckage of an American Airlines jet in working to piece together
was the deadliest U.S. air di- the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in the events that led to the
saster since 2001. Arlington, Va. collision. Full investigations
Authorities have recovered Associated Press typically take a year or
and identified 55 of the 67 more. Investigators hope to
people killed in the crash covery effort at any given said Sunday. The “dignified Army Black Hawk helicop- have a preliminary report
and Washington, D.C., time, officials said. Two recovery” of remains takes ter with 3 aboard are be- within 30 days.
Fire and EMS Chief John Navy barges were also de- precedence over all else, ing loaded onto flatbed Wednesday’s crash was
Donnelly has said they are ployed to lift heavy wreck- he said. trucks and will be taken to the deadliest in the U.S.
confident all will be found. age. Portions of the two aircraft a hangar for investigation. since Nov. 12, 2001, when
Crews early Monday could Divers and salvage workers that collided over the river The crash occurred when a jet slammed into a New
be seen aboard a vessel are adhering to strict pro- Wednesday night near the jet, en route from Wich- York City neighborhood just
with a crane. tocols and will stop moving Ronald Reagan Washing- ita, Kansas, was about to after takeoff, killing all 260
More than 300 responders debris if a body is found, ton National Airport an land. people on board and five
were taking part in the re- Col. Francis B. Pera of the American Airlines jet with The Black Hawk was on a on the ground.q
Army Corps of Engineers 64 people aboard and an training mission. There were

New York shields abortion pill prescribers after a doctor was

indicted in Louisiana

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE tion pills online to a preg- preme Court overturned the doctor because it was with pills, face up to 15
Associated Press nant minor. Roe v. Wade in 2022. on the medication label. years in prison, $200,000 in
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New The case appears to be Hochul, a Democrat, said “After today, that will no fines and the loss of their
York Gov. Kathy Hochul the first instance of criminal she would not sign an ex- longer happen,” the gov- medical license.
on Monday signed a bill to charges against a doctor tradition request to send ernor said at the bill signing. Hochul said she would
shield the identities of doc- accused of sending abor- Carpenter to Louisiana and Prosecutors in Louisiana push for another piece of
tors who prescribe abortion tion pills to another state, said authorities in Louisiana said the girl experienced legislation this year that will
medications, days after a at least since the U.S. Su- discovered the name of a medical emergency af- require pharmacists to ad-
physician in the state was ter taking the medication here to doctors’ requests
charged with prescribing and had to be transport- that their name is left off a
abortion pills to a pregnant ed to the hospital. It is not prescription label.
minor in Louisiana. clear how far along she Carpenter was previously
The new law, which took was in her pregnancy. The sued by the attorney gen-
effect immediately, allows girl’s mother, who was also eral of Texas for allegations
doctors to request for their charged, turned herself in of sending abortion pills to
names to be left off abor- to police on Friday. Texas, though that case did
tion pill bottles and instead District Attorney Tony Clay- not involve criminal charg-
list the name of their health ton, the prosecutor in the es.
care practices on medica- Louisiana case, said the ar- Pills have become the most
tion labels. rest warrant for Carpenter is common method of abor-
The move came after a “nationwide” and that she tion in the U.S. and are at
grand jury in West Baton could face arrest in states the center of various politi-
Rouge Parish, Louisiana in- with anti-abortion laws. cal and legal battles in the
dicted New York Dr. Mar- Louisiana has a near-total state-by-state patchwork
garet Carpenter and her New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a press conference, abortion ban. Physicians of rules governing abortion
company on Friday for al- Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. convicted of performing since the overturning of
legedly prescribing abor- Associated Press abortions, including one Roe v. Wade.q