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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.
