Ties. Fox 29 spoke to his grandfather tonight about his familys devastating loss. Good evening thanks for joining us. 19 year old quinn lucas shanks man the only american aboard the plane. His grandfather is visiting relatives in south jersey. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson talk with him tonight. Shawnette. The family as you can imagine is hurting to night. The victims grand fat held back tears when i spoke with him he still cannot believe the same tragedy he learn of on the news also claimed grandsons life. As a grand parent you just hope 91 of your children or the grandchildren go before you. And now it has happen. This is the first time its happened in our family. Reporter ronald is tearful and heart broken after learning his family is one of many tragically touched by the downed Malaysian Airline jet in ukraine thursday. His 19 year old grandson quinn was killed in the only american on board. Enormous. He didnt understand it. Its so useless. Its so senseless what happened. Reporter he go
And were learning more about who exactly was flying on the plane. And United States investigators are offering help with the forensics of the crash. Fox 29s jeff cole live in the newsroom tonight with the latest developments. Jeff . Iain, we know this evening there was at least one american on board that flight and there was as many as 100 people on board who were aids researchers and activists head to go conference in australia. This was a global tragedy. An asian airliner was destroyed in european skies filled with citizens from many countries. Reporter president obama speaking from the White House Press Briefing Room one day after Malaysian Airlines flight mh17 was blown out of the sky over ukraine. 298 men, women and children were killed. Evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile. That was launched from an area controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine. Reporter among the dead, a dual u. S. Dutch citizen quins shanks ma man seen on