Dad of Learjet co-pilot had final wish before 'soulmate' daughter died in horrific crash

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"I wanted to be by her side. Inside the plane, to help, to be by her. I had to be next to her," the father of the co-pilot, who was killed in the horrific plane crash, said.

The father of the co-pilot killed in the horrific plane crash in Florida this week has said he wanted to be with her in her last moments. She bravely tried to save the aircraft as it plummeted to the ground and crashed near Donald Trump's Mar-a-Largo estate on Sunday.

Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras was just 20-years-old. Now her father, Allan, has paid tribute to her in an emotional press conference. He shared his final wish to be with his daughter in the final moments of her life.

"I wanted to be by her side. Inside the plane, to help, to be by her. I had to be next to her," he said, according to the New York Post .

Allan fought back tears as remembered his daughter. He said she was his "soulmate". The heartbroken father said Nathalia showed him "what it is to be a hero".

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