A crash, an alert, then the hardest days for hundreds of first responders
As American Eagle Flight 5342 headed from Wichita to Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, Asra Hussain texted her husband, Hamaad Raza.
'We're landing in 20,' the 26-year-old wrote at 8:17 p.m.
Raza left their apartment in the District to pick her up.
At Fire Station 204 in Alexandria, 2½ miles from the airport, the night had been quiet. Crew members on duty washed dishes and swept the kitchen after a pot roast dinner. The firehouse doors were locked and most lights turned off. Capt. Nathan Krause, 43, finished up paperwork and got ready to turn in for the night.
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