Doomed DC plane pilot and NYC native was carrying treasured memento from late cop dad at time: ‘By the grace of God, we got it back’
“His mother gave it to him, and he kept it, he flew with it the day-of — crashed with it. And thankfully, his mom got it back on Friday,’’ former fiancee Nicole Suissa said, referring to recovery efforts that yielded the beloved memento in the wreckage.