
Funeral For Jewish Flight Attendant On Flight 5342 To Take Place At Charlotte Chabad
by CrownHeights.info
One of the more than sixty fatalities in the airplane collision over a Washington DC airport was Ian Epstein, a Jewish flight attendant and member of the Jewish community of Charlotte, NC. His funeral will take place on Wednesday at Chabad of Charlotte.
“Our Charlotte Jewish Community mourns the loss of Ian Douglas Epstein O.B.M. יצחק דוד בן זלמן מסטל ז״ל”, Chabad of Charlotte wrote on Facebook. “Ian was a flight attendant on flight 5342, which tragically went down in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, January 29th. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 5th at 2:00pm at Chabad of Charlotte 6619 Sardis Road.
The disastrous collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 which collided with a military helicopter over DC Wednesday night, left no survivors.
Immediately following the incident, Ian’s wife Debi wrote the following message to social media. “It is with a very heavy heart and extreme sadness that myself along with our children Hannah Epstein and Joanna Epstein, and his sister Robbie Epstein Bloom her husband Steven Bloom and nieces Andi and Dani, inform you that Ian Epstein was one of the flight attendants on American Airlines Flight 5342 that collided last night when they were landing in DC.”



