An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.

He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.

Dozens of bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, claiming the lives of 67 people. Authorities are going through the gruesome process of identifying the victims found so far,