Middletown students hold private vigil for classmate, teacher killed in VT plane crash NBC Connecticut [Video]

“With them gone, I don’t know who’s going to fill that gap,” Middletown High School sophomore Angel Benitez said.

On Tuesday inside Middletown’s Russell Library, Middletown High School students led a private vigil where students said they shared memories of classmate Delilah Van Ness and teacher Paul Pelletier. 

“I cannot believe it. You can make plans, but it’s not in our hands,” said Luis Revilla, who worked with the Middletown Aerospace Program.

Pelletier and Van Ness were among the four individuals killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Vermont.

“I didn’t believe the news when I first saw it, I was very much in denial,” Middletown sophomore Neriyah Norfleet said.

Also aboard the plane were Delilah’s mother Susan and fellow pilot Frank Rodriguez. Officials say they had flown a private plane to Vermont on Sunday, but did not return.

The wreckage was discovered early Monday morning not far from the Basin Harbor Airport in Vermont.

“She was such a kind person. She had many friends who loved …