Civil rights attorney Kiah Duggins was among the 64 passengers and crew on the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., that plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday evening after colliding with a military helicopter.

Tina Knowles expressed her condolences after Howard University law professor Kiah Duggins was among the victims in the American Airlines crash

Kiah Duggins, a soon-to-be Howard University law professor, died in the mid-air crash near Reagan National Airport. Details emerge.

A former Miss Kansas contestant and attorney Kiah Duggins has been named as one of the victims of the flight from Wichita, Kan. that crashed into the Potomac on Wednesday night.

Duggins' family said that she was returning to Washington D.C. after spending time with her mother during a surgical procedure

Kiah Duggins was an attorney with Civil Rights Corps. She grew up in Wichita and attended Wichita East High School. In 2015, she represented the Miss Kansas Organization as Miss Butler County. Former Sedgwick County Commissioner Lacey Cruse described Duggins as “a brave and beautiful soul,

Kiah Duggins — a 30-year-old Civil Rights attorney, aspiring Howard Law professor, former Michelle Obama intern, and former Miss Kansas contestant — has been identified as one of the victims in the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash outside of Washington,

A former East High and Wichita State University graduate was among the 64 victims in the D.C. plane crash on Wednesday night. A civil rights attorney who grew up in Wichita was among the 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 who perished after it crashed into the Potomac River.