There Was A Second Jewish Family in the Costa Rica Plane Crash

Costa Rican investigators are looking into what caused a charter aircraft to crash in woods in the country’s northwest soon after takeoff, killing two crewmembers and 10 U.S. citizens, including Jewish families from New York and Florida. The families from Scarsdale, N.Y., and Belleair, Florida, accounted for nine of the dead, and were part of a tour organized by Berkeley, California-based Backroads. Their American guide was the 10th U.S. victim. Costa Rican officials had said they were still seeking to establish the names of the Americans who died when the Nature Air plane went down at midday Sunday in Guanacaste. But back at home, stunned family and friends began to confirm the victims’ identities. In St. Petersburg, Florida, Rabbi Jacob Luski of Congregation B’nai Israel said Monday that