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Short, remarkable life of D.C. pilot Jonathan Campos so much more than Trump’s hateful words

The true story of a Puerto Rican kid from Brooklyn and his American dream of flight reveals the moral emptiness of the 47th president.

Jonathan Campus as a college student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University. Campos, 34, died Wednesday when the American Airlines jet he was piloting crashed with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Jonathan Campus as a college student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University. Campos, 34, died Wednesday when the American Airlines jet he was piloting crashed with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.Read moreCourtesy of Nicole Suissa
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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