Jesse Pitcher, 30, owned a plumbing business. He had been married just over a year and was in the process of building a house in Lusby, Calvert County.

Pitcher had a passion for hunting waterfowl. He spent the past week and a half in Wichita, Kansas, duck and geese hunting with several friends.

11 News reached his father, Jameson Pitcher, by phone.

"Just shocked. Figured it had to be some kind of mistake. 'No, it couldn't have been him.' Just shock. I thought he had already made it home," said Jameson Pitcher.

Jamison Pitcher said his son flew to most of his hunting trip locations without incident before Wednesday night.

"His plumbing business was doing great, been married over a year, and was in the process of building a house. Everything was going fine," Jamison Pitcher said. "He almost made it home, and you saw what happened."

Jesse Pitcher had an outgoing personality, according to his father. He was dependable, a prankster and very quick witted.

"He was a great son. Great man. He told you something and he stood by it," Jameson Pitcher said. "He had a path set and he was headed that way. He had everything going for him."

Other Marylanders onboard include iron worker Robert Prewitt. He lived in Calvert County with his wife and two daughters. He was returning home from a work trip.

Mikey Stoval of Accokeek coached his son's baseball team and planned to go snowboarding with him when he got home.

Jonathan Boyd of Welcome Maryland also died in the crash.

"I'm so proud to be your baby sister. So proud to say, 'Yep, Charlie McDaniel is my big bro.' I will never be the same without you here," wrote the sister of 44-year-old Charles McDaniel, who lived in Port Republic.

"Forever young is how you'll live in the hears and minds of those who know and love you. Alex, there are no words. You're not gone, you're just not here. You made your family proud," wrote a friend of Alexander Huffman, a married father of two from Leonardtown.

Steve Johnson, of Waldorf, was well known in the Ocean City fishing community. The President of Maryland Computer Services was also the captain of a boat, and he competed in the White Marlin Tournament.