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Dead Family's Dad: 'Pray for Fighter Pilot'

'Tell me' how to deal with this, pleads grieving father

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(Newser) – The Korean immigrant who lost his family when a fighter jet crashed into his San Diego home urged people to pray for the Marine Corps pilot "not to suffer," reports CNN.  "I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could," sobbing dad Dong Yun Yoon told reporters yesterday. The body of Yoon's 15-month-old daughter was found yesterday.

Another daughter, just two months old, was also killed along with her mother and grandmother. The pilot escaped serious injury when he ejected as the plane went down Monday. Investigators are probing the cause of the crash, which the pilot has attributed to mechanical problems. "I know there are many people who have experienced more terrible things," Yoon said. "But, please, tell me how to do it. I don't know what to do."

Dong Yun Yoon poses with his wife, Young Mi. Yoon's wife, two children and his mother-in-law were killed when a fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home.
Dong Yun Yoon poses with his wife, Young Mi. Yoon's wife, two children and his mother-in-law were killed when a fighter jet crashed into their San Diego home.   (AP Photo Courtesy of Korean United Methodist Church of San Diego)
A sobbing Dong Yun Yoon covers his face during a news conference yesterday at the scene of a jet fighter crash in San Diego.
A sobbing Dong Yun Yoon covers his face during a news conference yesterday at the scene of a jet fighter crash in San Diego.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Dong Yun Yoon, whose family was killed when a fighter jet crashed into his home, covers his face during a news conference in San Diego yesterday.
Dong Yun Yoon, whose family was killed when a fighter jet crashed into his home, covers his face during a news conference in San Diego yesterday.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Dong Yun Yoon, left, is comforted yesterday by Rev. Daniel Shin as he looks over the the scene of a deadly fighter jet crash at his San Diego home.
Dong Yun Yoon, left, is comforted yesterday by Rev. Daniel Shin as he looks over the the scene of a deadly fighter jet crash at his San Diego home.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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