HONOLULU The deaths of two passengers who died in Thursdays helicopter crash, 47-year-old Amy Gannon and 13-year-old Jocelyn Gannon of Wisconsin, hit their hometown hard, said a friend.
HONOLULU — The deaths of two passengers who died in Thursday’s helicopter crash, 47-year-old Amy Gannon and 13-year-old Jocelyn Gannon of Wisconsin, hit their hometown hard, said a friend.
Amy Gannon’s friend Dorecia Carr said Gannon’s death would rattle the city of Madison. “She is very important. I mean she owns a huge business in Madison that helps so many people,” Carr said. “The city is going to be really shaken.”
Amy Gannon co-founded a nonprofit company that helped female entrepreneurs succeed. Carr also said Gannon mentored her 17-year-old son AJ Carr.
Dorecia Carr said when she didn’t have enough money to move to allow her son to pursue his acting career, Gannon put up the money for them to go. AJ Carr has appeared in “Chicago P.D.,” “This Is Us,” and “All American.”
“She did so much. She paid for us to leave Madison because she believed in him,” Dorecia Carr said.
“So much happened because of her. This is a huge loss.”
Madison Metropolitan School District spokesman Tim LeMonds confirmed that Jocelyn Gannon was an eighth-grader attending Hamilton Middle School.
“Our community has lost a wonderful young person,” the district said in a letter sent Saturday to students.
Dorecia Carr said Gannon’s husband and son were not on Thursday’s flight and are still in Hawaii.
