One of those soldiers on board a military helicopter when it crashed into a commercial plane in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night is a graduate of a Gwinnett County High School. The Parkview High School JROTC confirmed that Ryan O’Hara, who graduated from the school in 2014, was the Crew Chief on board the Black Hawk helicopter.

A solider involved in the American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter has ties to Gwinnett County.Ryan O’Hara, the crew chief on the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter involved in the crash at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington D.

The crew chief aboard the Black Hawk involved in the mid-air crash in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night was an alum of Parkview High in Gwinnett County, according to the school's MCJROTC. The school organization identified Ryan O'Hara as a former cadet and Class of 2014 alum who was crew chief on the military helicopter that collided with a passenger jet as it approached landing at Reagan National Airport.