{"id":3305,"date":"2025-02-01T07:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/father-of-d-c-crash-victim-says-black-hawk-crew-chief-trusted-pilots-with-his-life\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T07:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T07:56:50","slug":"father-of-d-c-crash-victim-says-black-hawk-crew-chief-trusted-pilots-with-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/father-of-d-c-crash-victim-says-black-hawk-crew-chief-trusted-pilots-with-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of D.C. crash victim says Black Hawk crew chief &#8220;trusted pilots with his life&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The father of U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot Ryan O&#8217;Hara said his son loved flying over Washington, D.C., never expressed concerns about the crowded skies and described the crew as &#8220;probably the most respected pilots that Ryan had ever flown with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He trusted them with his life,&#8221; Gary O&#8217;Hara told CBS News in an emotional interview from his home in Georgia Friday, less than two days after his son&#8217;s military helicopter <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/crash-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">struck an American Airlines passenger jet<\/a><\/span>. It was the worst air disaster in the nation in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s parents watched on television as their son&#8217;s body was recovered from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/what-we-know-about-the-people-killed-in-the-dc-midair-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">wreckage<\/a><\/span> submerged in the frigid Potomac River and transferred to a hearse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very touching to see the other soldiers saluting as they take him out with a draped flag over it,&#8221; Gary O&#8217;Hara said. &#8220;But to sit there and think that that&#8217;s my little boy \u2014 it&#8217;s crushing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Black Hawk crew chief Ryan O'Hara \" height=\"490\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/31\/e1c48751-0f37-419e-908c-7a14628e32a1\/thumbnail\/620x490\/f739d86f4c8e4249252d29021f72ae96\/ohara.jpg?v=a599723035d2f104d7a2d01edbe96ef8 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/31\/e1c48751-0f37-419e-908c-7a14628e32a1\/thumbnail\/1240x980\/db0e65960d4d62324615fad09ed8900f\/ohara.jpg?v=a599723035d2f104d7a2d01edbe96ef8 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Black Hawk crew chief Ryan O&#8217;Hara<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Courtesy of Gary O&#8217;Hara<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He described the burden of experiencing a wrenching <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/skating-club-of-boston-potomac-plane-crash-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">personal tragedy<\/a><\/span> that unfolded before a national audience \u2014 and then watching it become grist for a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/president-trump-points-blame-at-dei-programs-in-response-to-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">political debate about diverse hiring<\/a><\/span> during a presidential news conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said any attempt to blame the crash on &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-dei-diversity-policies-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">DEI<\/a><\/span>&#8221; only added to the family&#8217;s grief and said no one in the Army lands a spot on a Black Hawk without being qualified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to earn your spot to be moved into the ladder to be put into that helicopter. They don&#8217;t just give it to you. You earn it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And you know, all of those soldiers that protect us, they earn their stripes every single day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ryan O&#8217;Hara, 28, grew up in the Atlanta area and joined his high school&#8217;s ROTC as a cadet, even though he wasn&#8217;t from a military family. He enlisted when he was 18, specifically choosing the Army because it offered him the opportunity to work on Black Hawk helicopters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a tour of duty in Afghanistan, O&#8217;Hara said his family was relieved when Ryan was assigned to Fort Belvoir in Virginia, just outside the nation&#8217;s capital. He lived in the Washington region with his wife and 1-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was worried when he was in Afghanistan,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You let your guard down \u2026 when he&#8217;s on American soil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gary O&#8217;Hara said his son loved flying over Washington, D.C., at night, and sometimes would send him photos of the monuments and text that &#8220;D.C. is the most beautiful city in the world.&#8221; He said his son never raised concerns about the dangers of navigating the crowded skies.<\/p>\n<p>He said he began to worry immediately after seeing news of the crash Wednesday night. Even though numerous soldiers crew Black Hawks in the nation&#8217;s capital, he said he felt instantly that the crash involved his son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My wife was like, &#8216;No, it&#8217;s not him,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;But my heart just broke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He tried immediately to text his son after seeing the news, but it wouldn&#8217;t go through. His daughter-in-law called late that night, fearing the worst. The next morning, those fears were confirmed with a knock on the door from two Army soldiers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really like your worst nightmare,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>As he grapples with the trauma of the past 48 hours, he views what occurred over the Potomac River as a freak event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sixty seconds earlier or later, there&#8217;s no accident,&#8221; O&#8217;Hara said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/michael-kaplan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Michael Kaplan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for the CBS News investigative unit. 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