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She was one of dozens of people who were injured.
The two pilots on the plane both died in the crash.
While the airport partially reopened yesterday, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board say it will still take time to finish sorting through the wreckage and fully clear it.
The head of the NTSB says its investigation got off to a bit of a slow start yesterday, in part because some of its specialists who were trying to fly in from around the country were among those caught in long security lines.
And finally...
In Argentina, the Times has been reporting on how the country's national dance, tango, is being put to use as therapy.
Specifically for patients with Parkinson's, the incurable disease that affects the central nervous system.
Tango is known for its passion, its heart, and its precise movements.
It's those specific steps that doctors at one hospital in Buenos Aires have found are extremely helpful for their patients dealing with balance and coordination issues.
Tango involves a lot of going backwards, shifting weight from one foot to another.
As one researcher who helped start the hospital's program put it, quote, "'Tango uses the same kind of movements that people with Parkinson's disease tend to lose.'"
The class encourages patients to use the tango moves they've learned to then help with everyday activities.
For instance, opening the fridge is basically doing a sidestep.
There's also a lot of torso rotation in tango, a key movement for something like washing the dishes.
Dance therapy is used to treat other conditions as well in Argentina and beyond, like Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis.
In Buenos Aires, the program has been so transformative for some patients' sense of confidence that some people who walked in with canes ended up walking out of tango class without them.
Those are the headlines.
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I'm Tracy Mumford.