AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump issued a statement on Wednesday evening after a passenger plane collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. “I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan International Airport,

President Trump said Thursday morning he had been “fully briefed” on the deadly midair collision between a regional jet and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River. “I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport.

I have been fully briefed on the terrible accident which just took place at Reagan National Airport. May God Bless their souls. Thank you for the incredible work being done by our first responders. I