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A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE
All of us at US Transport News would like to express our heartfelt condolences to those impacted by the aircraft collision in Washington DC on Wednesday 29 January.
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Our prayers go out to the victims and their families and we commend the brave emergency workers and first responders present at the scene.
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