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“This wouldn’t have been on my top 1,000 fears in life.” Yet, one month ago today, a jet plane headed from North Carolina to the Montgomery County Airpark sliced through two houses in a Gaithersburg neighborhood, the wing shearing off and into Ken Gemmell’s home that he shared with his wife Marie and their two sons, […]

Savi Technology established the Arabelle Gemmell Fund, a campaign designed to create a college fund for Arabelle Gemmell, daughter of Savi employee Ken Gemmell. Arabelle’s mother and two young brothers, Devin and Cole, were killed when a small plane hit their home near Gaithersburg on Dec. 8, 2014. Ken Gemmell was at work at the […]

A fund established for the Gemmell family has grown to over $355,000 this week. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett says it is gratifying to see the community’s generous support for this local family who lost so much in the tragic plane crash on Dec. 8. According to Kelsea Little, public […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett met with reporters on Dec. 10 to discuss a variety of topics including the tragic plane crash, the budget, his upcoming meeting with Governor-elect Larry Hogan, the Silver Spring Transit Center, union talks, racial profiling and more. You can watch the briefing in its entirety below:

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) issued the following statement on the plane crash in Gaithersburg which killed six people: “My thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones in yesterday’s plane crash in Gaithersburg especially to the Gemmell Family. My deepest gratitude goes to the first responders who rushed to the scene […]

Marie Gemmell and her two young sons who had been inside their Gaithersburg home when a plane hit it died of smoke inhalation, according to Montgomery County Police. Capt. Darren Francke said the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore ruled the manner of death for the three as “accidental” and the cause as “smoke inhalation.” Francke […]

Here are the five things you need to know today, Dec. 9 in Montgomery County. 1- NTSB investigators continue to collect evidence to find out why a plane crashed into three homes in Gaithersburg killing three people onboard and three people in one of the homes it hit. 2- State’s Attorney John McCarthy has announced the […]

The National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said investigators will be on the scene for about a week collecting what he called “perishable evidence” in the plane crash in Gaithersburg that killed three people on board the jet and three others in a house it hit. Watch the press conference here. Here’s what we […]

Montgomery County police and firefighters are on the scene of a fatal plane crash in a Gaithersburg area neighborhood. In this raw video, MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick spoke with Red Cross volunteer Patrick Pannett about the organization’s role in helping residents at the scene. Related:  

Montgomery County police and firefighters are on the scene of a plane crash in the 19700 block of Drop Forge Lane in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County. In this MyMCMedia extra video, Tracy Everett, an eyewitness tell us what he saw:   Related: