Cedarville University student killed in DC plane crash: 'We are confident that Grace is with Jesus'

The president of an Ohio-based Christian faculty is assured that one among its college students who died in final week’s air collision between a passenger airplane and navy helicopter close to Washington, D.C. final week is “with Jesus Christ.” 

In a press release, Cedarville College President Thomas White recognized junior Grace Maxwell as one of many victims of the tragedy close to Reagan Nationwide Airport final Wednesday night time, when a U.S. Military helicopter collided with an American Airways flight, killing 67 individuals as each plane fell into the Potomac River. 

“That is heartbreaking information for her household and for our campus group,” he wrote. “Grace was a junior majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in biomedical engineering and was anticipating her commencement in 2026.”

“Regardless that we do not perceive why this has occurred, we’re assured that Grace is with Jesus Christ,” he added. “These of us who consider in Christ will see her once more. We grieve, however not as these with out hope. In moments like these, we thank God for Jesus and that He’ll sooner or later make all issues information. Even amid the ache, we will belief Him.”

Throughout a chapel service Friday, White mentioned Grace was coming back from her grandfather’s funeral. He sought to empathize along with her grieving household, particularly her mother and father.

“Are you able to think about dropping a guardian and, seven days later, dropping a toddler?” he requested. “It appears improper as a result of God did not create this world to be this manner. Loss of life got here into this world as a result of sin got here into this world.”

“Proper now, Grace is with Jesus, and proper now, Jesus is with us,” he continued. “And Jesus is what all of us maintain collectively and maintain pricey. She isn’t alone. She is healthier off than we’re. And associates, sooner or later, we’ll go to see her once more.”

White inspired the campus group to “pray for her mother and father and her household as they undergo this. “

“This isn’t the tip,” he mentioned. “Sooner or later, the Jesus that we bear in widespread will wipe away each tear, and He’ll create a brand new creation the place there can be no extra demise and no extra disappointment and no extra sorrow, and that is the best way it was meant to be.”

Further particulars about Maxwell are featured on the varsity’s web site, which notes that she was planning on utilizing her engineering talents to assist create a “hand-stabilizing system for a younger boy with disabilities.” She meant to go on a mission journey within the spring for the aim of “sharing her love of Jesus Christ with others.”

Throughout a press convention Thursday offering an replace on efforts to find the victims and decide a trigger for the accident, President Donald Trump indicated that he shared the idea of Cedarville College’s management that those that misplaced their lives within the airplane crash are in a greater place. 

Trump inspired the American individuals to “take solace within the data that their journey ended not within the Chilly Waters of the Potomac however within the heat embrace of a loving God.” He requested God to “watch over those that have misplaced their lives and produce consolation to the family members.”