Tears flow at NYC funeral for doomed DC pilot Jonathan Campos: What a great life it was

The heartbroken girlfriend of fallen DC pilot Capt.Jonathan Campos wept as she told mourners at his Brooklyn funeral Tuesday that it’s “impossible to fathom how I will face the days to come without him.”The tragic pilot’s family, friends and colleagues — including many in their flight uniforms — gathered at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Dyker Heights to pay their last respects to Campos, a 34-year-old Queens native who died late last month when his passenger jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in DC.Longtime girlfriend Ashley Childress said through tears at the service that she’d spent the past decade building a life with the outgoing, gregarious Campos — and she wasn’t sure what to do now.“What a great life it was — and what a great life together we lived,” she said.

“The memories and legacy Jon is leaving behind is a pure reflection of the life he lived and the person he was.“It’s impossible to fathom how I will face the days to come without him.”Campos grew up in Brooklyn, the son of an NYPD cop.His belowed father died when he was 9, leading Campos to take his dad’s badge with him when flying.

Campos had the badge on him while piloting American Eagle Flt.5342 when it crashed into the military chopper in a stunning midair collision over Washington on Jan.

29, killing him and 66 others.The badge was recovered from the wreckage and given to his family.The passenger jet — operated by the American Airlines regional subsidiary PSA Airlines — was descending toward Reagan International Airport after leaving Wichita, Kan., when it slammed into the Black Hawk, sending both aircraft plummeting into the Potomac.

Sixty passengers and four crew members people aboard the American jet were killed, as well as the three soldiers in the chopper.Dion Flannery, the airline’s president and CEO, said at Campos’ funeral that the pilot was known as a kind man and a skilled flyer.“There was a deep...