Jonathan Campos had on a regular basis dreamed of being a pilot.
The Brooklyn native had been dwelling out his dream until closing week’s tragic crash in Washington, D.C. His life was decrease fast on Jan. 29 when American Airways flight 5324 collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.; 67 people have been killed.
Campos’ highschool pal and former fiancé says the captain had on a regular basis wished to be a pilot.
”For about a third of my life, he was the love of my life,” Nicole Suissa said.
Suissa met Campos as soon as they’ve been solely 14 years earlier at John Dewey Extreme College in Brooklyn. He was her first boyfriend and her former fiancé.
“It may not have worked out with me or with a lot of his relationships, but the longest standing relationship he had was with aviation,” Suissa said Saturday.
She said Campos on a regular basis wished to be a pilot. He attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Faculty at 18. She said he was achieved — flying for American Airways for six years and was captain for 3.
Inside the wake of his tragic passing, Suissa said she wants to protect his legacy and push once more in opposition to President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that selection hiring practices might have precipitated the crash.
”He was a damn good pilot,” she said. “I don’t think that this has anything to do with DEI. I think unfortunately this is being politicized and that’s completely inappropriate.”
“Yeah, he’s Puerto Rican, that’s really irrelevant, doesn’t matter what he was. He was a good pilot. He was a good American pilot and that should be the focus.”
Whereas he wasn’t piloting, Suissa said Campos was goofy, and appreciated to chase thrills: like utilizing bikes, scuba diving and sky diving.
”This is a man who really knew how to live. I want him to be known for that. I want him to be known for the big personality and the big adventure that he was, instead of how he died.”
His passing has left the Campos family overwhelmed and heartbroken.
Suissa said Captain Campos will most likely be buried in New York on the equivalent cemetery as his father. The family stays to be making funeral preparations.
“Even if we couldn’t be together, we wanted each other to be happy,” Suissa said, “and I just, you know, hope whatever the hell he’s doing up there, he’s happy.”
