Making it to the National Development Team and training camp had been a lifelong goal for Brielle Beyer, 12, who died in Wednesday’s plane crash with her mother Justyna.

Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

The Bombardier and Black Hawk helicopter accident echoes another equally tragic incident that occurred in 1982. Of the 84 ...