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Twelve Family Members Killed in Plane Crash in Kenya
Aired July 21, 2003 - 06:06 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Investigators in Kenya will be trying to learn what caused a charter plane to crash on Saturday. The crash claimed the lives of 12 Americans, all members of the same family and their two South African pilots. Many of the victims worshipped at Atlanta's Trinity Presbyterian church.
Paul Crawley from our affiliate WXIA joins us live now from the church with reaction this morning.
Good morning.
PAUL CRAWLEY, CNN AFFILIATE WXIA REPORTER: Good morning.
Trinity Presbyterian behind me here in northwest Atlanta was the church in which George W. Brumley, Jr. and his wife and other family members were very actively involved -- that and many other organizations in the Atlanta area. They were known for their philanthropy and for giving their time and for not even wanting credit for it.
But it was this Saturday evening, this past Saturday evening, perhaps around sunset when they and 10 other members of their family -- three of their children, three of those children's spouses and four of their grandchildren -- were all killed, along with two pilots, on a charter aircraft out of South Africa. They were circling Mount Kenya when apparently the plane crashed into one of the three of the taller peaks there just below the ridge line apparently in a fog. They were on a vacation trip there.
Here in Atlanta, this prominent family's loss is being felt by many organizations -- everything from children's groups to the Atlanta Symphony and, as I said, to this major church behind me. The Brumleys, of course, will be sorely missed by many. Funeral arrangements still not complete. They leave behind two twin daughters, 10 other grandchildren and the Zeist Foundation, a charitable fund named after a town where they once lived in Holland, characteristically not after themselves.
Live in Atlanta, Paul Crawley reporting for CNN.
COSTELLO: And, Paul, one more thing. Dr. Brumley was quite an adventurer, and he wanted to bring his family to Africa to share in the excitement that he had there last year.
CRAWLEY: That is correct. He had visited, in fact, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with some friends, and was so taken by the beauty that he wanted his family to see that part of Africa themselves. They were on apparently an overview flight of Mount Kenya and were supposed to be landing to spend some time at one of the area's many game reserves.
COSTELLO: Paul Crawley reporting live from Atlanta, from our affiliate WXIA. Many thanks.
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Aired July 21, 2003 - 06:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Investigators in Kenya will be trying to learn what caused a charter plane to crash on Saturday. The crash claimed the lives of 12 Americans, all members of the same family and their two South African pilots. Many of the victims worshipped at Atlanta's Trinity Presbyterian church.
Paul Crawley from our affiliate WXIA joins us live now from the church with reaction this morning.
Good morning.
PAUL CRAWLEY, CNN AFFILIATE WXIA REPORTER: Good morning.
Trinity Presbyterian behind me here in northwest Atlanta was the church in which George W. Brumley, Jr. and his wife and other family members were very actively involved -- that and many other organizations in the Atlanta area. They were known for their philanthropy and for giving their time and for not even wanting credit for it.
But it was this Saturday evening, this past Saturday evening, perhaps around sunset when they and 10 other members of their family -- three of their children, three of those children's spouses and four of their grandchildren -- were all killed, along with two pilots, on a charter aircraft out of South Africa. They were circling Mount Kenya when apparently the plane crashed into one of the three of the taller peaks there just below the ridge line apparently in a fog. They were on a vacation trip there.
Here in Atlanta, this prominent family's loss is being felt by many organizations -- everything from children's groups to the Atlanta Symphony and, as I said, to this major church behind me. The Brumleys, of course, will be sorely missed by many. Funeral arrangements still not complete. They leave behind two twin daughters, 10 other grandchildren and the Zeist Foundation, a charitable fund named after a town where they once lived in Holland, characteristically not after themselves.
Live in Atlanta, Paul Crawley reporting for CNN.
COSTELLO: And, Paul, one more thing. Dr. Brumley was quite an adventurer, and he wanted to bring his family to Africa to share in the excitement that he had there last year.
CRAWLEY: That is correct. He had visited, in fact, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with some friends, and was so taken by the beauty that he wanted his family to see that part of Africa themselves. They were on apparently an overview flight of Mount Kenya and were supposed to be landing to spend some time at one of the area's many game reserves.
COSTELLO: Paul Crawley reporting live from Atlanta, from our affiliate WXIA. Many thanks.
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