Die-hard Chiefs fan on doomed DC plane told his mom he’d be back for Super Bowl: ‘He would want us to watch’

A die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan on the doomed American Airlines flight told his mother he’d be home in time to watch his team compete in the Super Bowl — but never made it back after the plane collided with a US military helicopter, killing everyone onboard.

Dustin Miller, 43, was headed to Rochester, New York for work when he boarded the DC-bound flight in Wichita, Kansas on Jan. 29 and told his mother he couldn’t wait to get back for the Super Bowl as she dropped him at the airport.

“He said he wanted to be sure to make it back home in time to watch the Chiefs play in the Super Bowl,” Miller’s friend Audra Rogers wrote in a GoFundMe for the IT professional.

“He even purchased a plane ticket for his brother Jon to fly in to Kansas from Arizona so they could all watch the game at home with their mom and dad,” Rogers added.

And just before the plane took off Miller texted his boss and called a friend, telling them how fun the flight felt since it was the last plane of the day and the crew were joking around, and that it was full of American and Russian figure skaters.

But that was the last anyone would ever hear from him.

After news of the crash reached them, his family and friends followed every minute of the search and rescue operations holding out hope he would call to say he was okay — but eventually they learned there were no survivors, and that they’d lost their beloved friend, brother, and son.

“I speak for my family when I say Dustin was the funniest guy in the room, he was also the most generous and loving. He had a way of making people feel at home in his presence,” his sister Kristen Miller-Zahn wrote on the GoFundMe.

“He wasn’t just a brother or a son, he was also each of our best friend. We all had a unique and special bond with him. He would do anything for the people he loved, and for people he didn’t even know so well,” she added.

But while Miller is no longer with them, the family won’t let the loss keep them from cheering on the Chiefs when they play the Philadelphia Eagles at the Super Bowl in New Orleans Sunday — they’ll be watching it in his honor.

“He was a HUGE Chiefs fan so he would want us to watch the Super Bowl game and root for the Chiefs. He was looking forward to that game,” his sister said.

“He loved us, he would want us all to love each other and focus on what’s important, family.”

Since the plane went down a week ago, the bodies of all 67 victims have been recovered.

Most of the plane pieces have been pulled from the Potomac River, and crews are now at work pulling the chopper from the frigid waters where the craft splashed down after the collision.

The plane’s black box revealed that it was traveling at an appropriate 325 feet when the collision occurred, while the chopper was flying too high at 300 feet, according to data from air traffic control radar.

Officials have said until the chopper is recovered they won’t be able to further analyze the circumstances that led up to the crash.