victims of the crash. passengers from all over the world, including three americans. officials have not identified one of them. the others were a mother and daughter from the washington, d.c. area. yvonne and emily selke. we have more from suzanne malveaxu. reporter: this is hitting close to home for the community. quietly, this family is grieving in the home behind me because of their family members lost. i want to read the family statement. a relative says our family is saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke. two caring people. they are asking for privacy at this time. we are learning about them from the community. we know yvonne was an employed at booz allen hamilton.
a tight-knit family. raymond selke, he lost his wife and daughter. he has spoken to cnn and he says he appreciates the support. he appreciates the love. he clearly not ready in any way, as you can imagine, to express that on camera or any kind of public way. they are hunkering down. he asked for us to respect his family s privacy. he wants people to know how special his family was. so sad. thank you for that. suzanne. we are learning about other passengers dead in the crash. germanwings and officials and 18 countries update them. we know they came from the middle east asia north and south america. all across europe. you saw two pictures of two german opera singers. by far, the largest numbers from spain. the origin of flight 9525 and germany. joining us now from haltern,