CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Less than a week after the devastating midair collision in Washington, D.C., a Charlotte flight attendant’s vehicle sits idle at a west Charlotte parking lot.
A memorial has grown on the car of Ian Epstein, one of the American Airlines flight crew that was killed when Flight 5342 crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
Flowers and messages surrounded the vehicle, many from the Express Parking staff near the Charlotte airport, where Epstein often parked his vehicle. Representatives tell Queen City News that he was a dear friend of theirs and always put a smile on everyone’s face.
His family says he switched careers later in life because he loved to travel and wanted to see the world.
The funeral is set for Wednesday, February 5 at 2 p.m. at Chabad Center for Jewish Life on 6619 Sardis Road in Charlotte. The service is closed to the public.
Epstein is survived by his two adult children.
