PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – A woman said her sister has been missing since the medical jet crash in Philadelphia.
While no one in her family has seen or heard from her since the plane went down, she is still holding on to hope that her sister will be found.
Suzanne Lee Stepp said she knew that her 47-year-old sister, Sarah Stepp, was visiting her boyfriend in northeast Philadelphia on the night of the medical jet crash.
So, when Suzanne Stepp heard news about the incident, she called her sister right away.
“When I called her phone, it went straight to voicemail. She always answers my calls. So, then I called her boyfriend and he said he was worried,” she said.
Suzanne Lee Stepp said he was worried because Sarah Stepp had recently left the house to get a bite to eat in the area where the plane went down.
No one has heard from, or seen, Sarah Stepp since that night.
During a news conference with federal, state, and local authorities Monday, officials confirmed that the number of people injured stands at 24, four of whom are still in the hospital.
The number of fatalities remains at seven, six people on the plane and one person on the ground.
However, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker emphasized those numbers are subject to change as the investigation continues.
“As much as we want to say, these are the absolute number of lives that have been lost, we are going to allow our experts, our partners at the local, state, and federal levels to continue to do their work,” Parker said.
In the meantime, Suzanne Lee Stepp said despite the circumstances surrounding her sister’s disappearance, she’s still hopeful that Sarah Stepp will come home.
“My sister means the world to me. And Sarah, she is just a bubbly, sunshine of joy, and without her, I don’t know what I would do,” she said.
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