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Wichita hosts community prayer as officials give up hope on finding survivors in Potomac River crash

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Wichita, Kansas, the city from where an American Airlines jet departed Wednesday, with 64 people on board before crashing midair with a U.S. Army helicopter carrying three soldiers near Reagan National Airport, is set to host a community prayer meeting as officials gave up hope of finding survivors Thursday.

“We mourn with all those who have been impacted,” Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said at a press conference Thursday morning as she revealed there were no survivors.

“We do not know yet the final confirmation on all of the individuals who were on that flight, and of course, we will share that information, but not before families have been first contacted,” she added.

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