Loved ones detail moments before hot air balloon crash
Published Date: 1/16/2024
Source: FOX 10 Phoenix
A young man from Michigan was one of four people who did not survive. Chayton Wiescholak. His mother is in Arizona waiting to see her son. She flew in right when she heard the news from Chayton's girlfriend who skydived off that same hot air balloon. "Everybody adored him because he was just that type of person," his mother, Rhonda, said. "He would do anything for you." The 28-year-old is described as an outgoing person who loved the outdoors. Rhonda says he also loved his girlfriend Kinsey of five years. "My wife found out that they were planning on, in the very near future, and I'm thinking in the matter of a few weeks, they were going to go to the courthouse and get married," Gary, Chayton's father, said. There were initially 13 people in the hot air balloon: a pilot, four passengers and eight skydivers. Kinsey was one of the eight skydivers – all of whom survived. The pilot and three of four passengers did not survive. "She was with him, but she was not in the balloon when it went down. She had already jumped for her flight. All the people doing the air flights had already jumped out of the balloon," Rhonda said. Chayton's dad says his son sent his last text to Kinsey. Subscribe to FOX 10 Phoenix! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjfNLnQYbjBEvnS8KFuyGQ?sub_confirmation=1 #fox10phoenix #arizona #news #restinpeace FOX 10 Phoenix delivers breaking news, live events, politics, entertainment, business news and local stories from Phoenix, Arizona and across the nation. Watch more FOX 10 Phoenix on YouTube: Arizona headlines: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjk-Nxa5HqPtshEuaekDdk3dtuBkjdJbJ National headlines: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjk-Nxa5HqPtq-kkrH0cQ3ZIYpLj5MGVT Raw footage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjk-Nxa5HqPt6sLbUHtU-fjr-RTh8O_ct