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Hero dives in Potomac to save flight attendant amid Air Florida crash
Lennie Skutnik, a 28 year old from Virginia, jumped into icy Potomac to rescue flight attendant Kelly Duncan as the Air Florida jet sank after clipping the 14th Street Bridge. Dozens more are feared dead while divers drill through ice for bodies and the wreckage.
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Washington
Lennie Skutnik
Potomac
Skutnik
Kelly Duncan
Air Florida
Lorton
National Hospital
Arlington
Richard Schwartz
Duncan
Congressional Budget Office
14Th Street
Army Corps of Engineers
Ira J. Furman
National Transportation Safety Board
Francis McAdams
NTSB
Federal Aviation Administration
Virginia
Ira Furman
Tampa
Fort Lauderdale
National
Virginia Bank of the Potomac