Flight 3407 : Witness accounts Crash victims include rights campaigner, beloved cantor

A human rights official known for her expertise on the Rwanda genocide. A 9/11 widow who channeled her grief into fighting for survivors and families. A beloved cantor.

Portraits are emerging of the 50 people who died Thursday night when a Continental Airlines flight operated by Colgan Air crashed into a home near Buffalo, New York. All 49 aboard the plane died, along with one person on the ground.

Alison Des Forges

The senior adviser of the New York-based Human Rights Watch's Africa Division was one of the people on Flight 3407, the group told CNN on Friday.

Des Forges, who lived in Buffalo, spent four years in Rwanda documenting the 1994 genocide and had testified about that atrocity and the current situation in central Africa before U.N. and congressional panels, the group said.

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[fs10inator]

@paigenmarie The plane entered a stall, then the plane pushed the controls to gain speed. But the pilot pulled the controls (yoke) back. The plane entered a stall and nosedived into the house, killing 1 person on the ground.

[codeywoods111]

the house is right text to the airport

[lifegoson8]

man shut the fuck up. literally tht shocked me. i knew the fkcn dude im not the douche ur the douche buddy back the fuck off.

[bencrazy702]

your a douche..

[redslownight]

ice buildup on wings and cockpit windows. The pilots didnt know how to deice wings.

[lifegoson8]

I played baseball with the one kid that his dad died in this it really shocked me the dad was a nice guy.

[BushBlewUpTwinTowers]

yeah.....Government weapon caused interference with plane.......

99% probable inside job

just like jfk jr plane crash!!!

[paigenmarie]

This was so sadd and super scaryy.....

Does Any body know really how the plane actually crashed like what made it crashed if someone has an answer for me please get back to me !! Thank P.S check out my videos and comment them