Flowers and messages surrounded the vehicle, many from the Express Parking staff near the Charlotte airport, where Epstein often parked his vehicle.

A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein’s family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.

The Levaya of Ian Epstein, a Jewish victim of the tragic mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., will take place Wednesday at Chabad of Charlotte, NC.

A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was set to be remembered for his devotion to family and passion for travel.

Ian Epstein, a 53-year-old flight attendant who died in the January 29 American Airlines CRJ 700 crash in Washington, D.C., wasn't originally supposed to be on the flight but switched shifts with a colleague,