Through the hours of NTSB family briefings in the days following the Flight 5342 collision, one thing jumped out at me more than anything else: the way aircraft are kept apart in busy airspace — including over our nation’s capital — is rudimentary. In the National Capital Region, fixed-wing aircraft
This is the ninth post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the eighth post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the seventh post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the sixth post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the fifth post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the fourth post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
This is the third post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the collision (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if you might
This is the second post in a series about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the Flight 5342 tragedy (part one: The Night It Happened). Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if
I’ve decided to write a series of posts about my experience in the immediate aftermath of the collision. Revisiting this period is helpful to me, but reading about it may not be helpful to you. Feel free to skip this one if you might find it upsetting. Spencer and
Spencer would have turned 18 and entered adulthood today. I don’t need to imagine what he would have been like as an adult. He was always strong-willed and independent. He always viewed himself as an equal when engaging with adults, whether they were parents, teachers, or, yes, skating
Spencer Skates (Part 2) left off in October 2022, when Spencer visited the Skating Club of Boston for the first time to attend Skate America, an elite international competition. In addition to being a great time, seeing competition at the highest level so close to home opened Spencer's
