{"id":3437,"date":"2026-08-23T17:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:46:04","slug":"americas-most-beloved-family-have-been-involved-in-a-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3437","title":{"rendered":"Americas most beloved family have been involved in a \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><i>According to early reports, the victims included pilot Larry Haynie and his wife Melissa, family assistant Melanie Hodges, her daughter Amber and Amber\u2019s husband Nathan Kistler, as well as Jason and Kelly Nelon Clark\u2014key members of the award-winning gospel group, The Nelons. The sole surviving member of the immediate family, Autumn Nelon Streetman, was not on the flight. In a deeply emotional statement, she thanked fans and friends for their prayers and support, describing her grief as \u201cindescribable.\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<article id=\"post-11732\" class=\"hitmag-single post-11732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-politics\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2040973\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The tragedy occurred as the group was en route to the Gaither<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1986704\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homecoming Cruise, a gospel music event in Alaska that was to feature some of the biggest names in Christian music. The Nelons were scheduled to perform, continuing their decades-long ministry of sharing hope and faith through song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2040975\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Witnesses described the horrifying scene as the aircraft, reportedly a twin-engine private<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1970893\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">plane, appeared to experience mechanical trouble before bursting into flames and crashing into a remote field in Wyoming. Despite the rapid response of emergency personnel, the wreckage was engulfed in fire by the time rescuers arrived. There were no survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to early reports, the victims included pilot Larry Haynie and his wife Melissa, family assistant Melanie Hodges, her daughter Amber and Amber\u2019s husband Nathan Kistler, as well as Jason &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3439,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3437\/revisions\/3439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}