Major League Soccer and its supporters are mourning the loss of three D.C. United fans among the six people killed Monday when a jet crashed into a residential neighborhood in suburban Washington, D.C.
Marie Gemmel, 36, and her two young children were killed when the jet crashed into their house in a neighborhood in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Gemmel and the children were members of the Screaming Eagles, D.C. United’s famous supporters group.
According to the group, Gemmel and her husband Ken – who was not home when the crash took place – joined the Screaming Eagles in 2003.
The group has set up a fund for the Gemmel family that can be accessed here.
News of the crash – which also killed three people aboard the plane – stirred up an emotional response on Twitter on Monday, which a number of other MLS supporters groups offering their condolences.
