DETROIT – This flight attendant spent all day on the jet that crashed near Washington, D.C. But her shift ended right before the flight took off from Wichita.
Alexis Burgess narrowly escaped tragedy after a plane she had just worked on crashed outside Washington, D.C.
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“I made it by the skin of my teeth and by the grace of God,” Burgess said.
Officials said an Army helicopter crashed into an American Airlines flight Wednesday, Jan. 29, killing 67 people. The helicopter reportedly flew into the path of the jet as it was attempting to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport.
After working on the plane the entire day, Burgess’ shift ended and she handed it off to her close friends, the flight attendants who lost their lives. If one of the crew members had called in sick, it would have been her on that flight.
“I’m honestly, I’m heartbroken,” Burgess said. “I am heartbroken and haven’t been to sleep, I have been up a full 24 hours.”
Devastated, she returned home to her mother’s embrace in Detroit, as she mourned her friends who died in the crash.
