Family of an Indiana mom who died on a plane are still dealing with 'uncertainty'
The brother of Indiana mom Stefanie Smith, who died last week while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic, said Friday that they still don’t know what killed her. “I’d say the uncertainty, the not knowing how she died, the not knowing when her body will be returned to us, has been the hardest thing recently,” Chris Volz told NBC News.
The brother of Indiana mom Stefanie Smith, who died last week while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic, said Friday that they still don’t know what killed her.
“I’d say the uncertainty, the not knowing how she died, the not knowing when her body will be returned to us, has been the hardest thing recently,” Chris Volz told NBC News. “It’s been a week so we’re past the initial shock. But now, it’s the uncertainty.”
Volz said the family has picked out a tentative date for his sister’s “celebration of life,” but they still have no idea when the hospital in the Turks and Caicos will release her body and have not heard from American Airlines, the carrier Smith was flying on when she died Feb. 28.
"We are hoping to find out soon," Volz said.
The flight that Smith was on made an emergency landing on Turks and Caicos after the 41-year-old mother of two became ill. She was taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, where she died, according to The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.
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