At least two crew members of American Airlines flight 5342, which crashed in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, had ties to southern Brooklyn.
The odds of having identical quadruplets are one in 11 million births. With Rachel Vargas's complications, her babies are one in 40 million.
The captain of the American Airlines jet involved in the tragic collision with an Army helicopter in Washington D.C. had studied in Florida on his journey to becoming a pilot.