Officials have released the cause of death for all six victims of a tragic plane crash.
The private jet crashed Monday in a Gaithersburg, Maryland, neighborhood, killing all three men aboard, as well as a mother, her newborn and her small son inside a home that caught fire from the crash.
Marie Gemmell, 36, died on the second floor of her home cradling her sons, 7-week-old Devin and 3-year-old Cole. Gemmell and her children died from smoke inhalation, Montgomery County Fire spokesman Pete Piringer said Wednesday.
The remains of the family dog were found in the home Wednesday.
The three men aboard the plane suffered traumatic injuries. They have been identified as Michael Rosenberg, the 52-year-old CEO of a North Carolina-based biopharma corporation; 66-year-old David Hartman, a vice president at a pharmacology consulting firm; and 31-year-old Chikioke Ogbuka.
"No words can describe the enormity of our loss and sadness over yesterday’s tragedy," Marie's husband, Ken, posted on Facebook Tuesday. "We lost Marie, the love of my life and college sweetheart, and our two young, innocent and joyful sons -- a loss that no person should ever endure."
The Gemmells' 5-year-old daughter was not home at the time of the crash.
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As of midday Wednesday, Good Samaritans nationwide have raised more than $337,000 for the Gemmell family through a GoFundMe page. Damage to the Gemmells' home was estimated at more than $400,000.