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| Pilot Ken Cruz from his FB Page |
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
11:36 p.m.
Long Beach, CA
I wanted to update my readers on who the victims are in Wednesday's horrific plane crash at Long Beach Airport that claimed five lives, and left a sixth fighting for his life with burns and other serious injuries.
The Los Angeles County coroner's office have now officially identified the dead as
Thomas Fay Dean, 50, of Laguna Beach
Bruce Michael Krall, 51, of Ladera Ranch
Jeffrey Albert Berger, 49, of Manhattan Beach
Mark Llewllyn Bixby, 44, of Long Beach
Kenneth Earl Cruz, 43, of Culver City
Still hospitalized is passenger Mike Jensen, the only survivor of the crash. He is still in serious condition, but improving according to local media reports. He still faces many surgery's for burns that he suffered. Please keep Mike in your Prayers today!
Cruz was the pilot of the aircraft. According to information he posted on his Facebook page, he worked at Rainbow Air Charter, was a graduate from Notre Dame High School in 1985, and earned a Bachelors Degree from California State University at Northridge in 1990. He also posted on his FB Profile he was proud to "Fly people in the air with the greatest of ease!
The Federal Aviation Administration is now conducting a formal inquiry into the cause of the accident.
If you have a special memory of Ken, or want to share any additional thoughts, please feel free to comment below this post. RIP.
4 comments:
Ken grew up with our children as our next door neighbor in Van Nuys, CA. We saw him a couple of years ago at Memorial Service for another neighbor. He was a very likeable kid and it was a joy to see him as as grown man a couple of years ago. Our heartfelt condolences to all his family.
Sincerely, Clyde & Rita Harris
I met Ken last year and flew with him quite a bit. It was a real pleasure knowing and being his friend and colleague.
I'll always remember this one time when we were in the airplane on a flight and he said,"Another day in paradise!"
He flew because he enjoyed it, even though he already had a successful tile installation business.
I wish his family the best through these tough days and years ahead.
Just spoke with Ken last week. As always he had that upbeat attitude with his great personality. RIP
Brotha Price
Ken Cruz passed away from the tragic Long Beach plane crash last week. He leaves behind a wife and a 2 year old daughter. Donations can be made to an educational fund set up for Maya Cruz, if you would like to donate please click on the link below. My condolences goes out to Ken and his family especially the little one. He was a good man, and will be missed by many.
http://www.lafuneral.com/_mgxroot/page_10721.php?id=909994&name=Kenneth+Cruz
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