A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein’s family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.

Less than a week after the devastating midair collision in Washington, D.C., a Charlotte flight attendant’s vehicle sits idle at a west Charlotte parking lot. A memorial has grown on the car of Ian Epstein,

The body of Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died last week in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, was returned home to Charlotte Monday evening.

A public vigil was also planned Wednesday to honor all of the lives lost following the collision between the American Airlines passenger jet and the Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The crash killed everyone on board both aircraft.

Debi confirmed Ian was one of the crew members who died on American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided with a military helicopter in Washington over the Potomac River Wednesday night, killing 67 people.

Ian Epstein, a flight attendant who died last week in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter, was honored at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Monday evening with a water cannon salute.