Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to witness news of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.

One of the pilots of the passenger jet involved in a mid-air collision in Washington, D.C. was a native of New York but grew up in Florida, where he learned to fly planes, according to records and statements from those who knew him.

The captain of the American Airlines jet involved in the tragic collision with an Army helicopter in Washington D.C. had studied in Florida on his journey to becoming a pilot. Jonathan Campos, 34, was captaining the plane that was carrying 60 passengers and three other crew members when there was a collision with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers collided in midair Wednesday night.