NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash
In the wee hours of the morning on January 30, after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Potomac River, NPR's Adrian Ma sent an email to some of the leaders at NPR. Its subject line read:
"I knew someone on AA5342."
That someone was Adrian's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins. She was coming back from Wichita, Kan., where she was visiting a family member who had just had surgery. There were no survivors. Adrian offered to speak to NPR, about that night and about his late girlfriend.
Read it in full at NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/g-s1-49853/dc-plane-crash-american-airlines
Tiger mom and her cub contemplate cancer
Tiger Cub
One Friday night, after a long school week, you and Dad took my little sister and me out for dinner. I was confused because you rarely took us out to eat, yet this was your second time in recent memory. During the first dinner just a couple of weeks ago, you shared you were leaving your job after 4 years. This dinner I was understandably wary. What else could there be? You’d already dropped one bombshell.
We went to a restaurant Danielle had discovered with her friends. While I was regretting my menu choice and contemplating stealing some of Danielle’s food, you shared the news that you had breast cancer. You quickly assured us not to worry, explaining it was highly treatable and that you would undergo surgery and radiation therapy.
Read it in full at AsAmNews: https://asamnews.com/2025/02/18/tiger-mom-and-her-cub-contemplate-cancer/
