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Community Mourns Loss Of Prominent Scarsdale Family In Costa Rica Crash Community Mourns Loss Of Prominent Scarsdale Family In Costa Rica Crash
Community Mourns Loss Of Prominent Scarsdale Family In Costa Rica Crash WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - The Scarsdale community is mourning the loss of the Steinberg family, who were among a dozen Americans killed in a New Year’s Eve plane crash in Costa Rica. A single-engine Cessna plane crashed into a mountain in the province of Guanacaste while en route to Punita Islita, a beach resort on the Pacific coast, claiming the lives of the 10 passengers and two pilots, according to officials. Among those passengers were 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their teenage sons, Matthew, William and Zachary of Scarsdale. Bruce Steinberg and his wife…

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by Zak Failla
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Westchester Man Killed In Plane Crash With Family Was Hedge Fund Exec Westchester Man Killed In Plane Crash With Family Was Hedge Fund Exec
Westchester Man Killed In Plane Crash With Family Was Hedge Fund Exec Related story: Community Mourns Loss Of Prominent Scarsdale Family In Costa Rica Crash A 50-year-old Westchester man who died in a plane crash with his family on New Year's Eve in Costa Rica was a senior executive at Bridgewater Associates, a large hedge fund based in Westport, Conn. "The Bridgewater family lost Bruce Steinberg (a senior investor at Bridgewater and a wonderful man) and his family in a plane crash in Costa Rica," Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said on Facebook. "Right now, we are each processing this devastating tragedy in our own ways. At this time I will be d…

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by Daily Voice
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10th US Victim ID'd In Crash That Killed Five Members Of Westchester Family 10th US Victim ID'd In Crash That Killed Five Members Of Westchester Family
10th US Victim ID'd In Crash That Killed Five Members Of Westchester Family The 10th American fatality in a crash that claimed the lives of 12, including all five members of a Westchester family on Sunday afternoon in northwestern Costa Rica has been identified. The final U.S. citizen killed was Amanda Geissler, a trip leader of the Backroads Active Travel Company, said company spokeswoman Liz Einbinder. Geissler, a Utah native, was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The 33-year-old Geissler had been working with Backroads since May. The five victims from the Scarsdale family were 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Second US Family ID'd In Crash That Killed Five From Westchester Second US Family ID'd In Crash That Killed Five From Westchester
Second US Family ID'd In Crash That Killed Five From Westchester Click here for an updated story: 10th US Victim ID'd In Crash That Killed Five Members Of Westchester Family A second United States family has been identified as victims of a charter plane crash that claimed the lives of 12, including all five members of a Westchester family, on Sunday afternoon in northwestern Costa Rica. The five victims from the Scarsdale family were 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their sons: Matthew, 13, William, 18, and Zachary, 19. William was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and Zachary was a student at Johns Hopkins Universit…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family
New Info, ID Of Pilot Released After Crash That Killed Westchester Family Click here for an updated story: Second US Family ID'd In Crash That Killed Five From Westchester New information, including the identity of the pilot, has emerged after a charter plane crash that claimed the lives of 12, including all five members of a Westchester family, on Sunday afternoon in northwestern Costa Rica. The five victims from the Scarsdale family were 50-year-old Bruce Steinberg, 51-year-old Irene Steinberg and their teenage sons, Matthew, William and Zachary. The five other passengers killed were also American citizens. Their names have not yet been released by the State…

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by Joe Lombardi