Skip to playerSkip to main contentSkip to footer
  • 8/1/2023
Super Bowl Icon Bruce Collie Breaks Silence After Daughter's Death _ E! News

Category

People
Transcript
00:00 Super Bowl champion Bruce Cawley's daughter has been killed in a Wisconsin plane crash.
00:04 Devon Riley, the daughter of the two-time Super Bowl champion, died on July 29 when the plane
00:10 she was on crashed during an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, TMZ reports. She was 30 years old.
00:16 Following her passing, Bruce, a former NFL offensive lineman who played for the San Francisco
00:21 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles, shares two pictures of his daughter with the caption,
00:26 "I trust you, my king. All things to work together for good." Devon's sister, Kaylin
00:31 Cawley, also confirms her passing in a GoFundMe page on behalf of her late sibling's husband,
00:36 Hunter Riley. She writes on the page that Devon was flying her family's T-6 Texan Warbird flying
00:42 over Lake Winnebago, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with a family friend passenger. She adds, "Please pray
00:47 for our family and weep with us for our losing her for a season, but rejoice in the promise of
00:52 the new heaven and the new earth. We appreciate your support." Another of Devon's sisters,
00:58 Jordan Cawley, also pays tribute to her in a heartbreaking Facebook message, saying,
01:02 "There's no way to prepare for the loss of a sibling, but when you've spent every waking
01:06 minute of your childhood with has been the most horribly painful experience. You and I loved each
01:11 other for who we were and did everything from tea parties to horse obsessions to your wedding
01:16 together." She adds, "I have always been so proud of you and the woman you became. I love you and
01:21 will miss you endlessly. Fly high, my beautiful sister." Jordan also shares a video shot by Devon
01:27 from a previous time when Devon landed in Nebraska due to an oil leak in the aircraft she was flying
01:32 at the time. "Got some great mechanics here. We made it on the ground safe. Everything's good.
01:37 Nothing, no damage other than obviously the oil tank, but they're going to get it fixed
01:41 and a beautiful, beautiful place to be stuck. A little windy, but you know, gorgeous, gorgeous
01:48 farmlands." The Federal Aviation Administration says in a statement to E! News July 31st,
01:54 a single-engine North American T-6 Texan crashed into Lake Winnebago around 9 a.m. local time
01:59 Saturday, July 29th, after departing Whitman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
02:05 Two people were on board. The FAA says it will investigate the crash along with the
02:09 National Transportation Safety Board.
02:11 [Music]
02:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:21 (dramatic music)

Recommended