Kurt Hanson fought off tears thinking of his friend and fellow pilot, Alex Wurm.

“Forgive me, it’s just I can see him now, smiling," Hanson said.

Wurm died Monday, along with his daughter Serena, when the plane they were flying with hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a lake in Coral Springs .

Hanson was at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport with them that morning as they loaded the plane with aid.

He remembered some of the last words he said to his friend.

“Thank you so much... I said your passion for Jamaica is really showing now. I really appreciate all you’ve been doing," he said.

Hanson had brought donations from his organization, Footprints to Success, that Wurm was taking to Montego Bay.

Now Hanson was one of the last people to see Alex and Serena alive. By the

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