Devastated mother of TV news anchor, 30, reveals shocking way she found out daughter had died in plane crash
Journalist Carley McCord, 30, was among five people killed in a plane crash on her way to a football game on December 28, 2019.
The mother of a Louisiana sports reporter killed in a plane crash revealed the heartbreaking moment she learned the flight had gone wrong.
Journalist Carley McCord, 30, was among five people who died in the crash en route to a football game between Louisiana State University (LSU) and the University of Oklahoma in Georgia on December 28, 2019.
The plane came down near a post office and Walmart in Lafayette, Louisiana, hitting a car, flipping it over and then slamming into a tree.
Pilot Ian Biggs, 51, and passengers Robert Crisp II, 59, Gretchen Vincent, 51, and her son Michael 'Walker' Vincent, 15, were also killed in the crash.
During the sixth anniversary of her daughter's death, Carley's mother, Karen McCord, 66, recalled the devastating moment she learned of the crash.
'I got a phone call from one of Carley's bridesmaids, and she said, "Is it true?" And I said, "What?" And she said, "The plane crash." And then she hung up,' Karen told KLFY.
'Then she called back and she said, "Look, there's been a plane crash in Lafayette, Louisiana. You know, five people have been reported dead. But there was another person that was alive."
'I was keeping my fingers crossed, praying to God that maybe it was Carley,' she said.
Journalist Carley McCord (pictured), 30, was among five people killed in a plane crash on her way to a football game between Louisiana State University and the University of Oklahoma in Georgia on December 28, 2019
During the sixth anniversary of her daughter's death, Carley's mother, Karen McCord (right), 66, recalled the devastating moment she learned of the crash
The plane came down near a post office and Walmart in Lafayette, Louisiana, hitting a car, flipping it over and then slamming into a tree
Karen described a conversation she had with her grief counselor discussing all of the things she wished she could have done differently on the day of the crash.
'I would try. I would have driven to her car, I mean, to her home, slashed her tires, you know, destroyed her car so she couldn’t get there,' she said.