‘She made mates wherever;’ Household remembers basketball-lover killed whereas offloading aircraft at New Orleans airport
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Family members of Jermani “Jerm” Thompson, a 26-year-old tragically killed whereas working at Louis Armstrong Worldwide Airport, will keep in mind her as a fun-spirited lover of basketball.
“She was a basketball guru; do something you ask her to do. What you want me to do,” mentioned Thompson’s mom, Angela Dorsey. “I simply can’t consider it, you realize, my solely daughter is gone. I don’t consider it. It’s like, she simply instructed me I’ll see you once I come again.”
Dorsey has her daughter’s basketball medals and trophies on show at their dwelling in Reserve, Louisiana.
Thompson performed at Riverside Academy, East St. John Excessive Faculty, and Hesston School in Kansas the place she earned an affiliate diploma. She additionally obtained a bachelor’s diploma in sociology at Tougaloo School in Jackson, Mississippi the place she additionally performed the game she liked.
“A variety of these women that she performed ball with, they’ve already contacted me and reached out to me,” mentioned Dorsey.
Jerm was an worker at GAT Airline Floor Assist, a job her mom mentioned she loved.
“She labored, she labored,” Dorsey says.
Officers say she died whereas offloading a Frontier jet Tuesday night (Aug. 30). Her hair grew to become entangled in a belt loader. She was rushed to a hospital the place she died from her accidents.
“We’re heartbroken and are supporting her household and her mates as finest as we’re ready. Please ship your nicely needs to everybody at our New Orleans station throughout this very troublesome time,” GAT’s CEO Mike Hough mentioned in an announcement.
Frontier spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz mentioned, “We lengthen our deepest condolences following the tragic dying of a crew member of our floor dealing with enterprise accomplice at Louis Armstrong Worldwide Airport in New Orleans. Our ideas are along with her household and family members throughout this troublesome time.”
“My daughter was youngster. She was a loving youngster. She was a toddler that made mates wherever,” mentioned Dorsey.
Thompson liked her household, pets, and mama’s cooking.
“Oh, she liked to eat/ ‘Mama what you’re cooking right now?’” Dorsey recalled.
Aviation director Kevin Dolliole says they’re “deeply saddened” about Thompson’s “tragic” dying.
“Jermani was part of our Airport household, and we are going to proceed to assist each other in any method we will throughout this attempting time,” an announcement learn.
Heartbroken, Jerm’s household should now go on with out her.
“You do it someday at a time,” mentioned Herman Dorsey, Jerm’s stepfather. His spouse chimed in, “with prayers.”
“Studying the phrase and prayers will deliver us via and lots of people are going to be praying for us however we’ve got to wish ourself,” he continued.
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