
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita school president says Marine officials have notified a local family their son was among those killed after a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed during a relief mission in Nepal.
Nepal’s Army said Saturday the bodies of all eight people on board the UH-1 “Huey” have been recovered. The aircraft, with six Marines, including Wichita native Capt. Chris Norgren, and two Nepali soldiers on board, went missing while delivering earthquake relief aid Tuesday. The wreckage was found Friday.
The U.S. military hasn’t confirmed the identities of the crash victims.
Leticia Nielsen, president of Bishop Carroll High School, told The Wichita Eagle Marine officials visited Ron and Terri Norgren Saturday and confirmed their son was among those killed.
Ron Norgren said earlier his son loved flying and loved helping people.