Mother says son who died in plane crash was returning from annual hunting trip with friends

(WINK) - A Florida mother is remembering her son who died Wednesday after a military Black Hawk helicopter collided midair with a passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Her son Mikey Stovall had been on his annual hunting trip with friends in Wichita, Kansas.

Mikey Stovall was on American Eagle flight 5342 to Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., when his plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday.

His mother, Christina Stovall, knows there is nothing she can do.

“No matter what we ask, it’s not going to bring him back,” Christina Stovall said.

She said her son had gone on his annual hunting trip to Wichita for duck and pheasant hunting with friends.

“There was seven wonderful guys there. Mikey, he did not have one enemy,” Christina Stovall said. “If you see pictures of him, which I’m sure I’m going to post on there, he was the life of the party. He loved everybody.”

She didn’t expect this to be his last.

“I knew what time he should have landed, 9:12,” Christina Stovall added. “I text him. I said, ‘Did you land yet?’ Didn’t hear anything. I said, ‘Mikey, are you there?’ And I didn’t think anything of it.”

Not thinking anything of it because she was texting Mikey Stovall and in denial.

“When I called, they verified that he was in fact on this flight by giving his name,” Christina Stovall said.

The confirmation turned into hearing the most unimaginable news a parent or loved one could find out.

“They told the family members there was no survivors,” Christina Stovall remembered.

His legacy won’t fade, as he leaves behind a wife and an 11-year-old son.

She says if her son was listening, Christina Stovall wanted him to know one thing.

“We love him and miss him and are so proud of him,” Christina Stovall said.

Christina Stovall and her husband will travel to Virginia to be with other family as they remember their loved one.