Andrey Ter, lost both his wife Olesya Taylor, 50, and youngest daughter Olivia Ter, 12 in the Washington D.C. plane crash. The father of two is an Armenian refugee, having fled Azerbaijan to Ukraine in the 1980s. He remembers his wife as a kind and generous person and his daughter as a driven and talented figure skater.
Dad Found One Last Video of Wife and Daughter Taking Off Before D.C. Plane Crash : 'Always in Our Hearts' Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award winning journalist who has spent 20 years as a reporter for PEOPLE. She covers human interest, health, crime and politics for PEOPLE.
The father of two is an Armenian refugee, having fled Azerbaijan to Ukraine in the 1980s when he was 16 years old. “It left a scar on my heart,” he says. Andrey says his late wife “was a very beautiful woman.” He also described her as “a really kind and generous person" to others. “I was an extremely lucky person to have somebody special like her in my life,” Andrey tells PEOPLE.
“She would have this whole plan in her head what she needs to do and when the next Olympiad is going to be that she can qualify for,” Andrey explains. “That's the thing that she dreamt of.” Olesya and Olivia went to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum before boarding a plane in the same city to head home. That's where Olesya and Andrey had their last conversation.
“We drive by that airport daily,” he says, noting that sometimes the family would go to Gravelly Point Park and just watch the planes taking off and landing. A crane pulls up a portion of the tail during recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash on Feb. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Va. Turning back to the news, Andrey quickly realized that the plane involved in the crash was the one his family was on. Initially, he was in denial and reminded himself that his wife and daughter are strong swimmers.
Andrey says he “was probably the happiest man on Earth” until the tragic crash killed his wife and daughter. “I had everything that I needed, everything that I wanted. And God took two of the dearest things I had away from me,” he tells PEOPLE. “Half of me is gone, and it’s no longer there.” Man Lost His Wife and Daughter, Who Survived Cancer as 4-Month-Old, in American Airlines Crash: 'She Was Such a Fighter'
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