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D.C. plane crash efforts pivot from rescue to recovery, fire chief says
Emergency response units access airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport early Thursday in Arlington, Va., after an American Airlines flight from Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching the airport.
As NPR's Southern Bureau chief, Russell Lewis covers issues and people of the Southeast for NPR — from Florida to Virginia to Texas, including West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. His work brings context and dimension to issues ranging from immigration, transportation, and oil and gas drilling for NPR listeners across the nation and around the world.
In his Emmy Award-winning musical, Maury Yeston focuses on the real-life passengers of the ill-fated luxury liner, whose dreams of a new life in the land of the free weren’t scuttled by an iceberg, but by the blind ambition of the men who built and piloted the Titanic on its maiden voyage.
This week, five shows open, six close and 12 continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters, including "Titanic the Musical" at Arts Bonita.