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Mother, daughter from Virginia on flight that crashed in French Alps | Mother, daughter from Virginia on flight that crashed in French Alps |
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A Virginia man has confirmed his wife and daughter were the two Americans aboard an Airbus jet that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday. | A Virginia man has confirmed his wife and daughter were the two Americans aboard an Airbus jet that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday. |
Raymond Selke, of Nokesville, Va., said his wife, Yvonne Selke, and daughter, Emily Selke, were among the 150 people who died on a Germanwings flight from Spain to Germany. Selke said he was too distraught to give details about his family members or discuss the crash. | |
[Officials: Flight recorders recovered but damaged] | [Officials: Flight recorders recovered but damaged] |
The Drexel University Gamma Sigma Sigma chapter posted a message on the sorority’s Facebook page mourning Emily Selke’s death. Selke served as vice president of the school’s Zeta chapter of the sorority. | |
“She embodied the spirit of Gamma Sigma Sigma,” the sorority said. “As a person and friend, Emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. Emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters of Zeta. Please keep Emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time.” | “She embodied the spirit of Gamma Sigma Sigma,” the sorority said. “As a person and friend, Emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. Emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters of Zeta. Please keep Emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time.” |
Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our alumni, Emily Selke. Emily&her mother were abroad #Airbus320 #flight4U9525 pic.twitter.com/A6sIpxAgjP— Zeta Gamma Sig (@ZetaGammaSig) March 25, 2015 | Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our alumni, Emily Selke. Emily&her mother were abroad #Airbus320 #flight4U9525 pic.twitter.com/A6sIpxAgjP— Zeta Gamma Sig (@ZetaGammaSig) March 25, 2015 |
Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our alumni, Emily Selke. Emily&her mother were abroad #Airbus320 #flight4U9525 pic.twitter.com/A6sIpxAgjP | Zeta chapter is mourning the loss of our alumni, Emily Selke. Emily&her mother were abroad #Airbus320 #flight4U9525 pic.twitter.com/A6sIpxAgjP |
Officials at Drexel said Selke was a 2013 honors graduate who majored in music industry in the school’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. | |
“Drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the tragic loss of alumna Emily Selke and her mother,” the school said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.” | |
Phil Kavits, a spokesman for Prince William County schools, said that Emily Selke was a former student at Woodbridge Senior High School. | |
Jennifer Jenkins contributed to this report. | Jennifer Jenkins contributed to this report. |
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