Germanwings Crash: American Mother-Daughter Pair Were on Board
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ABC News(NEW YORK) — Two of the Americans on board the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday have been identified as a mother and daughter who were traveling together.
The mother has been identified as Yvonne Selke, who worked at the consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton, and the company has confirmed her identity to ABC News.
The second American victim was her daughter Emily Selke, who recently graduated from Drexel University.
“Our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of Yvonne and Emily Selke,” the family said in a statement Wednesday. “Two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. At this difficult time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers.”
“Booz Allen and our employees are mourning the sudden and shocking death of Yvonne Selke, an employee of nearly 23 years, and her daughter, Emily, in the Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps this week,” Betty Thompson, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, said in a statement.
“Yvonne was a wonderful co-worker and a dedicated employee who spent her career with the firm supporting the mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,” Thompson said.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo also offered condolences.
“Every death is a tragedy, but seldom does a death affect us all so directly and unexpectedly,” Cardillo said in a statement. “All of us offer our deepest condolences and will keep her family and her colleagues in our thoughts.”
The Selkes were two of the 150 people who died in the Tuesday morning crash.
There was a third American, yet to be identified, on board, according to the U.S. State Department.
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