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Feb 13, 2009 7:00 pm US/Eastern

Woodbridge Woman One Of Fallen Crew In Crash

Matilda Quintero, Mother Of 2, Was A Breast Cancer Survivor

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Christine Sloan

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 12: Matilda Quintero, one of the flight crew members killed in the Flight 3407 crash, sent this picture herself standing in front of a Continental airplane to her boyfriend before she left for Buffalo.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 12: Matilda Quintero (center) was one of the five flight crew members killed in the Continental Express Flight 3407 plane crash outside Buffalo on Feb. 13, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 12: Continental Airlines Express Flight 3407 crashed into a home in the town of Clarence, N.Y.approximately 20 miles outside of Buffalo on Feb. 12, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 12: The tail of the airplane is visible as debris burns at the scene of a Continental Airlines crash February 13, 2009 in Clarence Center, New York, just north and east of Buffalo.
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Click to enlarge 5 of 12: A massive cloud of smoke rises into the night sky after Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a house outside of Buffalo on Feb., 12, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 6 of 12: Beverly Eckert listens during a press conference sponsored by the 9/11 Family Steering Committee and the 9/11 Commission Caucus on Nov. 30, 2004, in Washington, D.C.
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Click to enlarge 7 of 12: Clarence emergency control director Dave Bissonette, left, and National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Steven Chealander share new information on Feb. 13, 2009, about an overnight plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Click to enlarge 9 of 12: A plane crashed into a home in Clarence, NY, killing all the passengers aboard and one person on the ground.
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Click to enlarge 10 of 12: A plane crashed into a Clarence, NY home, killing 48 on board and 1 person on the ground.
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Click to enlarge 11 of 12: Continental Airlines Express Flight 3407 crashed into a home in the town of Clarence, N.Y.approximately 20 miles outside of Buffalo Thursday evening.
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Click to enlarge 12 of 12: Beverly Eckert, widow of a 9-11 victim, was one of the 48 passengers aboard Flight 3407 that crashed into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., a family member confirmed.
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A Middlesex county woman was one of the flight crew killed in the Continental Flight 3407 plane crash just outside of Buffalo on Thursday night. Her family spoke out to CBS 2.

There is grief and sorrow at the home of Matilda Quintero, one of the five members who perished in the flames of the crash. Family members, including her 90-year-old mother and her two daughters, got the terrible news soon after the crash.

"Not too good, not really doing too good," said Cecilia Quintero, one of Matilda's daughters.

Quintero's daughter says the 56-year-old, who lived in Woodbridge, had just switched careers, becoming a flight attendant less than a year ago. Cecilia admitted she was concerned about her mother's new job every day.

Matilda Quintero had battled obstacles all her life. She was a breast cancer survivor and 10 years ago she lost her husband to a heart attack.

Family members spent the day reaching out to family.

"I reached out to my family in Columbia which has been a struggle all day but I finally got them," her daughter said.

Relatives say Quintero was looking forward to attending her older daughter's graduation from Drew University in May and was finally starting to enjoy life with a new boyfriend, who received an e-mailed picture of her right before the flight took off.

The picture shows Quintero standing in front of a Continental plane before taking off for Buffalo.

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