DC plane crash prompts airline pilot's heartfelt announcement to passengers before takeoff

The video has garnered more than 6.5 million views on TikTok with thousands of users commenting about the pilot's message to the passengers.

The announcement came less than 24 hours after the tragic plane crash over the Potomac in Washington, D.C., took the lives of 67 people.

"[You] may be fearful about flying, and that's certainly understandable, but just please know that my first officer and our flight attendants and myself place your safety and the responsibility of carrying you to Miami, to your families, your vacations, your gates, at the highest level," the pilot can be heard saying in the video.

"I have no higher calling than carefully, professionally transporting you today, so with that, relax and enjoy the beautiful evening that we get to fly in. We'll begin shortly [and] welcome aboard."

"I just want to [say] how thankful I am for him and his words in such a time as this. After such a tragic event, [and] I am someone who doesn't have an anxious bone in my body, but I found myself facing so much anxiety and so much worry going into my trip (which was the following day)," said Mixon, who recorded the footage.

As a fellow flight attendant, Mixon was interested in seeing how the pilot would handle this delicate situation and alleviate any nerves of those on board, he said.

"I honestly couldn't help but wonder how the crew would be and how their demeanors would be. How will they act? What will they say? That's actually initially why I pulled my phone out to record, because I knew I wanted to hear what he was going to say," Mixon added.

"And with one PA, it's like he just invited calm into the room. It felt like he was speaking literally to me, and then I looked up and quickly realized how badly every single person on the flight needed to hear what he had said."

Social media users appeared to have the same reaction to the pilot's loudspeaker address.

"That is so kind of him knowing his heart is probably heavier than it's ever been," one user on TikTok posted.

"His voice sounds like it broke when he said he had no higher calling. His heart is so so heavy," one Tiktok user wrote

"The way I'd want to hug him at the end of the flight. I can only imagine it's so devastating for their community too," another person shared.

"As an airline employee you train and train and train for every possible worst-case scenario, and hope and pray to God it never happens," he said.

"You can be doing everything right, and it still be totally out of your control," Mixon added. "That scares me but also brings me peace. We are not in control."

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