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Herndon Plane Crash Victims Ask for Community's Help

The Ventura family needs help moving belongings out of their destroyed apartment, which was hit by a small plane Friday.

David and Corina Ventura and their two children, ages 6 and 1, were shocked when a small private plane, carrying a pilot and one passenger, crashed through the roof and into their living room in greater Herndon in the early morning hours Friday.

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The family was displaced as crews worked to remove the nose of the four-passenger plane from their third-floor unit. But now, the Ventura family's nights in a hotel, courtesy of the American Red Cross, have run out.

David says the family has plans to move into a different unit within the same complex, the Dulles Green Apartments on Astoria Circle in the Fairfax County area of Herndon.

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Corina injured her back falling out of bed after the crash, and beyond her physical limitations, David says his wife is too emotionally traumatized to return to their former home.

"She won't go back there," David told Patch on Monday, and he can't do the move alone.

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David is hopeful he can connect with neighbors and volunteers in the area Monday to help the family move into their new home, he told Patch on Monday.

If anyone is free over the next couple of the days and would be interested in volunteering to help David sort through the wreckage of their former apartment, salvage any belongings that survived the crash and move them into their new unit, the Ventura family would be grateful.

Volunteers can contact David Ventura directly at 240-380-9477.

 


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