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Marines from Kansas, Arizona were on helicopter that crashed in Nepal

In this undated photo provided by the Norgren family, Marine Capt. Chris Norgren poses for a photo when he was in Navy flight school. Ronald Norgren, the father of Chris Norgren, the pilot flying a helicopter that went down in Nepal and disappeared on May 12, 2015, says U.S. Marine officials have notified the family that the wreckage was found but they haven't confirmed the identities of any bodies.
In this undated photo provided by the Norgren family, Marine Capt. Chris Norgren poses for a photo when he was in Navy flight school. Ronald Norgren, the father of Chris Norgren, the pilot flying a helicopter that went down in Nepal and disappeared on May 12, 2015, says U.S. Marine officials have notified the family that the wreckage was found but they haven't confirmed the identities of any bodies. In this undated photo provided by the Norgren family, Marine Capt. Chris Norgren poses for a photo when he was in Navy flight school. Ronald Norgren, the father of Chris Norgren, the pilot flying a helicopter that went down in Nepal and disappeared on May 12, 2015, says U.S. Marine officials have notified the family that the wreckage was found but they haven't confirmed the identities of any bodies.

By Associated Press 2 min read

PHOENIX – The people aboard a Marine helicopter that crashed in earthquake-ravaged Nepal included a military videographer from Arizona and a pilot from Kansas who was flying disaster relief supplies.

Three bodies found near the wreckage had not yet been identified Friday. The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers.

Capt. Chris Norgren of Wichita, Kansas, was a pilot on the helicopter that disappeared this week. He played high school football in the state and worked on the student newspaper.

“He loved to fly and he loved to help people, and those were the two things that he was doing,” his father, Ronald Norgren, told The Associated Press on Friday. “He lived life to the fullest.”

Lance Cpl. Jacob “Jake” Hug of Phoenix was also on the helicopter. Family members told the Arizona Republic that Hug joined the Marines shortly after graduating high school and was based in Okinawa, Japan, while working as a combat videographer.