One local family is mourning their loss of a loved one who was killed in the plane crash outside along the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday's crash at Reagan National Airport. Trump on Thursday variously pointed the finger at the helicopter’s pilot,

David Freeman, of Cedar Hill, got a text message at 2 a.m. saying his nephew was one of the 60 passengers killed in a mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport.