Allan Filgueiras said during a news conference that his daughter, Nathalia, 20, fought to the final seconds as a private jet carrying nine people crashed near Palm Beach, Fla.
Allan Filgueiras with his daughter Nathalia in an undated photograph. Ms. Filgueiras, 20, was serving as co-pilot of a private jet that crashed in Florida.
Photos and video posted online showed the business jet diving nose first to the ground and exploding. In a radio call, a pilot said the plane was descending at 20,000 feet per minute.