Gay Va. couple dies in NY plane crash
A gay couple from Virginia died on July 22 when their small plane crashed shortly after it took off from an airport on New York’s Long Island.
The Associated Press reported Christopher Kucera, 46, of Fredericksburg and Zachary Hatcher, 43, of King George, died when their single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 crashed around 6:15 p.m.
shortly after it took off from MacArthur Airport in Suffolk County. The AP noted the Suffolk County Police Department in a press release said Kucera was piloting the plane.
It crashed as Kucera tried to return it to the runway. The Fredericksburg Free Press reported Hatcher was to become the new CEO of the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region, a Fredericksburg-based philanthropic organization, on Aug.
