Memorial services being planned for 10 people lost in floatplane crash
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel searches the area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was en route from Friday Harbor, Wash., to Renton, Wash.
Memorial services are being planned this week for the 10 people who died in last week's floatplane crash near Whidbey Island.
- A prominent civil rights activist from Spokane, Sandy Williams, and her partner, Patricia Hicks.
- A family from the eastside: Ross Andrew Mickel, Lauren Hilty, and their small son. Hilty was pregnant with another child. They were married just a few years ago on San Juan Island.
- A young attorney from Seattle, Gabby Hanna. Her family says she loved to travel.
- Jason Winters, the pilot, who’s been around seaplanes for decades.
- Rebecca and Luke Ludwig, a married couple who were visiting from Minnesota.
- Joanne Mera, a business owner from San Diego.
Federal investigators are still searching Mutiny Bay for wreckage.
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