Minnesota leaders are reacting and offering their condolences after a mid-air collision​ between a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening.

St. Paul International Airport and Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport have been canceled following the deadly collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday night.

A Minnesota native is among those who died when a passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport, family friends tell WCCO.

Multiple flights from Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport to Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport have been canceled on Thursday after Wednesday night's tragic collision involving a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines commercial airliner over the Potomac River.

Hennepin County Sheriff's Office deputies joined over 3,800 officers for a historic swearing-in at a presidential inauguration.

However, before going to Washington D.C., Budde spent 18 years as a rector at St. John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. She was later consecrated as the ninth bishop of Washington in November 2011.