Grace Maxwell, a Cedarville University student, was among those onboard the American Airlines plane that crashed near Washington D.C.

Cedarville University honors Grace Maxwell, a Wichita native and student, who was among the victims of the deadly plane and helicopter crash in D.C.

Can you imagine losing a parent and seven days later losing a child,” Cedarville University president Thomas White said of student Grace Maxwell’s parent.

A junior at Cedarville University who had reportedly just returned to Kansas for her grandfather's funeral is among the 67 feared dead in a plane crash.

Grace Maxwell, a Cedarville University student, was one of the 60 passengers on the American Airlines regional passenger jet that collided mid-air with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Potomac River on Wednesday,

Editor’s Note: In the wake of the worst aviation disaster in the United States in years, The Wichita Eagle, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer and other McClatchy journalists from across the country are working to tell the story of each person who lost their life in the crash. Read all of their stories here.

A 20-year-old Wichita woman was on American Airlines Flight 5342 when it went down in the Potomac River Wednesday night. All 67 people involved in the crash are feared dead. Grace Maxwell was returning to school after visiting her home in Wichita.