President Barack Obama on Friday identified Quinn Lucas Schansman as the sole American victim so far among the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash.
Schansman had dual Dutch and U.S. citizenship but did not board the plane with a U.S. passport, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said during a press briefing. He had been flying to Malaysia to meet up with family members on vacation, according to USA Today.
A Facebook profile that appears to belong to Schansman shows he had moved to Amsterdam in April to attend the International Business School at Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Schansman’s Facebook profile also lists his sister and mother as living in the Netherlands. TV station KPIX reported that a man believed to be his father, Thomas Schansman, has an address in Menlo Park, Calif.
A friend who went to high school with Schansman described him as “kind” to NBC News.
“He stuck up for you and made you laugh when he saw there was something wrong,” Fabienne Schriek told the news outlet.
A Dutch football club, Olympia ’25, said Schansman was a former player and gave its condolences to his family in a statement. The club said Schansman’s brother is expected to join the team next year.
This post has been updated.
Republicans are in love with Putin, they wish they had a leader like him.
“President Barack Obama on Friday identified Quinn Lucas Schansman as the sole American victim so far among the 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash.”
The GOP’s Bergdahling of Schansman begins in 3, 2, 1….
I know you never know what will happen when you board a plane but just the thought that it being shot down by a missile…???
Sad. For all on board. Horrid and sad.
Rudy Giuliani wants to have Putin’s love child.
I’m staying away of most coverage of this tragedy, because I hate seeing the faces of the people killed, hating that their lives were cut short by extremists who were given free rein and absolutely no regard for the lives of people with whom they disagree (although this was a “mistake” - they thought they were targeting the “enemy,” their countrymen).
Hating it all because we have that mentality here, people whipped into a frenzy by right wing radio/websites and Faux News and abetted by congressional republicans who stonewall any legislation that could help and champion any that’s regressive and hurtful.
It’s sickening and frustrating. Have we had enough yet?