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Family of Blue Angels pilot, Colorado native speaks out

we are remembering the amazing life and career of captain jeff kuss … a durango native who was killed thursday when his blue angels jet crashed during a practice session in smyrna tennessee. we were the first southern colorado station to bring you reaction from the kuss family… this weekend, his parents say captain kuss hadan amazing strength of spirit. they say watching him achieve so much, only to have it end so quickly, has been one of the hardest things about the past few days. “got to the ultimate peak of the deal, that’s what’s so tough about this,two days ago he was sky high top of the world. news of the crash spread quickly through the tight-knit durango community. kuss leaves behind a wife and two kids, ages 1 and 4. he was also very close to his

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