Video taking off 26x its usual first day

Learjet co-pilot's father remembers her joy at being paid to fly

FOX 35 Orlando's press conference recording shares a father's memories while the family's attorney asks reporters to leave questions of blame to investigators.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 41,092 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (1,559).

LIVE: Father of Learjet crash co-pilot speaks at press conference

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0:50The attorney says the conference is intended to protect the co-pilot's reputation and memory.
1:54The family is making no allegations and will wait for official findings.
3:06Allan describes his daughter as gifted and his soulmate.
4:53Allan recalls her amazement that she was getting paid to do what she loved: fly.
5:41Allan describes listening to the final cockpit transmissions and praises his daughter's bravery.

"She was gifted. She was gifted. And my soulmate," Allan says of his daughter, the co-pilot killed with eight others in a Learjet crash.

Speaking at a press conference carried by FOX 35 Orlando, the pilot remembers her astonishment that someone would pay her to do what made her happiest: fly. It is a recollection of the pleasure she took in the work, before the conversation turns to her final cockpit transmissions.

Allan describes listening to those recordings and speaks of her bravery. "I wanted to be by her side inside the plane to help her," he says.

The recording drew about 28,000 views in its first 12 hours, far above the station's usual start for a regular video. But the family's purpose at the microphone was specific: to preserve her memory and defend her qualifications without assigning responsibility for the crash.

"We're not making allegations against anybody at this time," the attorney says. He asks reporters not to pursue questions assigning fault, saying the family will wait for the official investigation's findings.

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