Not at all. And he was the only known american on board flight 17. What were learning about him and the nearly 300 other victims who died with him. And also in world news, flares in the night sky over gaza. As israeli boots marched below. Israel pushing a ground offensive and warning this may be only the beginning. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the world lead, of course. His name was quinn lucas schansman. He was a dual american dutch citizen, a young man and one of the 2998 people on Malaysia Airlines is flight 17 when it was shot down. Most likely by a surfacetoair missile. Shot the Obama Administration believes from a section of ukraine controlled by prorussian separatists. Now, a Senior Defense official tells cnn that the working theory in the u. S. Government is that the Russian Military supplied the rebels with the buk Missile System used to shoot down the plane. President obama personally confirmed that at least one american was on board and
welcome back to the lead. the coincidences in the crash of flight 17 can be difficult for the mind to reconcile beginning with the fact that this is the second disaster involving a malaysia airlines plane in just four months. flight an endent san jeed sing apparently changed shifts to fly. and then there s killeen mann whom the ap reports lost her step daughter on flight 17, she also lost her brother, rod burrows and sister-in-law mary on flight 370. but there are also stories like the couple who was supposed to board flight 17 with their baby. they just missed the flight because of a lack of seats which unwittingly saved their lives. i feel like i ve been given a