Family and friends of Sam Lilley gathered in Savannah over the weekend to celebrate the life of the Georgia pilot killed in a midair crash near Washington, D.C.

By all accounts, pilot Sam Lilley lit up the lives of those who knew him. Here's what some had to say at his memorial.

Sam Lilley, the pilot from Georgia who was tragically killed in an aircraft collision near Reagan National Airport was laid ...

The father of the Georgia pilot who was killed in the Washington, D.C. plane crash says more needs to be done to prevent ...

He also recalled doing a double-take when he got word that Lilley was training to be a pilot. "Sam Lilley, seriously?" he recalled having said at the time. However, he had seen Lilley's serious ...

Many others seemed only to be seeking acknowledgment of their loss. One woman sobbed as she showed a photograph of her fireman son to a television crew outside St Vincent's Hospital on 11th Avenue.

The Savannah community mourns the loss of Sam Lilley, a 28-year-old pilot who tragically died in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter near in ...

The memorial for pilot Sam Lilley, who died in a plane crash, drew hundreds, honoring his life and aspirations.

Friends and family gathered in Savannah this weekend to remember Sam Lilley as an adventurous ... brother, friend and pilot. Seth Engelman, his friend and Delta Sigma Phi fraternity alumni chapter ...