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San Diego aircraft crash Deaths: The identity of the passengers confirmed

Advertising board has experienced the identity of all six people who were killed in San Diego, California, early Thursday morning (May 22nd) in a fiery Jet accident.

One of the victims of the crash Kendall FortnerPresent Emma Lynn HukePresent Dominic Damian And Celina Kenyon. Advertising board Previously, the Talenagent and the pilot of the flight reported, Dave ShapiroAnd Daniel WilliamsThe former drummer with the metal band The Devil Wears Prada was one of those who died only two miles south of a business airport in San Diego on Saturday morning. The crash caused a massive fire when the residential lave cracked, houses were harmful, vehicles melted and panicked in the coastal suburb, where the residents were shocked, but luckily unharmed by the violent accident, in which all six passengers were killed.

As a student at San Diego State University, the 24 -year -old Fortner had an intern at Sound Talent Group after entering the company in 2021 with a degree in business. Fortner was born in Glendale, California, and grew up in Santa Clarita and visited the West Ranch High School.

Kendall Fortner

The Fortner family

“Since Kendall's father brought her to concerts at a young age, she was enthusiastic about music,” said a letter from the sound talent group. “From the 1950s to classic rock, the Green Day to Ed Sheeran, Kendall loved everything. She taught herself to play a variety of instruments, including the piano and guitar.”

Fortner was an interest in working as a teenager to work in the music business, “and the job at STG was a perfect fit that presented her work ethic and her ability to plan tours and festivals nationwide,” continued the letter. “Kendall was the life of the party and illuminated any room that she entered.”

Fortner is survived by her parents Gary and Kristin, her brother Justin and his wife Hannah and her son Theo and her brother Jordan and his wife Kailey.

The 25-year-old Huke was born in Orange County, California, and grew up there and visited the Catholic High School in the Santa Margarita, where she was part of a national championship team.

Emma Huke

Emma Huke

The Huke family

“After graduating from the University of Oregon in 2022, Emma completed several internships in the music industry with a degree in journalism before he came to a sound talent group as a booking employee in 2024,” said StG.

“There was nothing that Emma loved more than live music. She worked hard to save money so that she could travel to concerts and festivals. And while she loved all music genres, her favorite artists were to see live, Taylor Swift and the 1975,” was the letter. “Emma also brought this passion for live music to her work.

Huke is survived by her parents Tim and Allison and her younger siblings Ellis.

Damian was a personal friend of Shapiro and, according to his LinkedIn page, worked as a senior software engineer.

Damian held a black belt in the Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, who trained in Baret Yoshida's gym in San Diego, where Damian lived. The fitness studio honors Damian on Monday (Mat 26) in a special event.

“Dom was intelligent, thoughtful and had amazing Jiu Jitsu. A really friendly guy who is missing,” wrote an online post.

The 36 -year -old Kenyon was a professional photographer who had joined the group to take photos at a concert. Kenyon “decided to fly with other crew and friends in a private flight with a different crew to San Diego instead of a trade flight so that she could get home early to bring her daughter to school”, a letter from Kenyon's family, in which San Diego living in San Diego is called “an amazing mother, daughter, sister, partner, partner”.

“Celina's legacy is her daughter and partner, her parents and countless family members,” they continue. “Our family is destroyed beyond these words. The world has lost a beautiful light light.”

The letter from STG also contained additional information about Shapiro, which was moved to Alaska in 2020.

“Dave's superpower was his ability to recognize new talents, to work with their unique skills and unique sound and to give them the advice and resources to make a living in the music industry. Some of their favorite bands are currently not on their playback lists,” the letter said.

“Dave influenced the life of countless people in the music industry, but on a personal level he was the best friend they could ever want – funny, full of life, always passionate for music and never exhausted.

Shapiro is survived by his wife Julia; His sister Jennifer and their children Isabella and Jonathan Lee and Daves loved dogs Amigo, Juneau and Monster.

Williams, 39, is a former drummer and founding member of the band The Devil Wears Prada. He came from Dayton, Ohio, and began playing drums in sixth grade.

Williams left the band in 2016 to pursue a career in the Tech industry and acted as a senior software architect with GoPro and Apple Inc.

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