The widow of a pilot who died in a plane crash at Lantana airport: “I will do everything to bring him back”

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Florida. Lindy Holland tells the story of her husband, a pilot who died in a plane crash at Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana.

“He said, ‘Hey baby, on the last leg of the journey and I love you, to the moon,’ and I told him I love him more,” Lindy Holland said Monday of her husband, John Holland, 43. . “There are so many thoughts in my head. We are expecting our first child in six weeks. I never thought that I would be in this position. He was so excited to be a father.”

Holland and another person were killed Sunday night when the plane crashed in a field at Lantana Airport, authorities said.

Lindy said that her husband was a flight instructor and assembled a plane from Kentucky.

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“Being 33 weeks pregnant, I really didn’t want him to leave, but he loved to fly and we needed money,” Lindy said.

She said she tracked his flight and John called her during several stops, but lost contact with him when he got to the Lake Worth area.

It was then, she said, that a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy showed up at her door in Lake Worth Beach to tell her that John had died in a plane crash.

“I collapsed on the floor. Nobody wants to hear it. Everyone is just devastated. I keep thinking he’s going to walk in the door,” Lindy said. “All I have is our child, and this is the only thing that supports me.”

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The couple had just married two weeks ago at the Delray Beach Courthouse and planned to have a wedding ceremony after the birth of their child.

“We just recently took maternity photos and it was one of the happiest days of our lives,” Lindy said. “You brought out the best in me. I have never been so happy with anyone. I will do everything to get him back.”

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She said that John was an army veteran who grew up in West Palm Beach.

According to Lindy, John has flown a Diamond aircraft with over 700 flight hours.

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According to her, he was a great adventurer and dreamed of becoming a commercial pilot.

“I’m sorry you couldn’t see your daughter and I love you more than anything and I will take care of our daughter, our dogs and your parents for the rest of my life,” Lindy said.

Lindy will meet the family at the funeral home Tuesday, but plans to give John military honors during the service.

The family also created GoFundMe page to help Lindy and her child with future expenses.