Nanny Killed in Florida Learjet 𝔠r𝘢sh Had Just Achieved Her Dream of Becoming an Engineer — Her Father Collected Her Diploma After Her dєatᩚh

The family of a 24-year-old Colombian woman killed in the Florida Learjet 𝔠r𝘢sh has shared a heartbreaking tribute to a young woman whose ambitions extended far beyond her job as a nanny.

Ana María Ramírez Cetina, also known as Anita, was among nine people who died when a Learjet 60 crashed near Greenacres in Palm Beach County on November 1. She had been working as a nanny for technology entrepreneur Adam Robinson and his wife, Helen Sharp, caring for their two young children, Emma, four, and Charlie, two.

But behind the role she loved was another achievement: Ana María had graduated in biomedical engineering in Colombia before moving to the United States in search of better opportunities.

According to reports citing her family, she studied at ECCI University in Bogotá. After moving to the US with her mother around two years ago, she struggled to find work in her chosen profession and eventually began caring for the Robinson children.

Her family said she embraced the job and became much more than an employee to the household. She was deeply attached to the children and considered an important part of their family.

In one of the most painful details to emerge after the 𝔠r𝘢sh, her father reportedly collected her university diploma on her behalf — a qualification she had earned but was unable to receive in person before leaving Colombia.

The young graduate’s dєatᩚh has left her relatives grieving not only the loss of a daughter and sister, but also the future she had been working so hard to build.

Her mother, Angelica, and sister, Angie, have now launched a GoFundMe campaign to help the family cope with the financial and emotional consequences of the tᩚraɢedy.

In the fundraiser, they described Ana María as a young woman with a lifetime of dreams ahead of her. They also remembered the care and affection she gave the Robinson children, saying she had become irreplaceable in their lives.

The campaign had raised more than $19,000 toward its $26,000 goal by the time of an initial report on November 8.

The fundraising appeal came just days after Angie revealed the sisters’ final conversation.

Shortly before the aircraft departed from Austin, Texas, for the Bahamas, Ana María made a video call to Angie. She showed her sister the children she was looking after and the private jet they were about to board.

“She was very happy,” Angie recalled, explaining that her sister had never visited the Bahamas before and was excited about the trip.

Although Ana María was travelling as part of her work, Angie said she did not see it as simply another assignment. She enjoyed being with the children and was happy to accompany the family.

When news of the 𝔠r𝘢sh began circulating, Angie saw footage of the aircraft and tried not to believe her sister could have been aboard. Their mother eventually confirmed the devastating news the following morning.

The Learjet 60 had been travelling from Austin to North Eleuthera in the Bahamas when it crashed near Greenacres on November 1. All nine people aboard were killed.

The victims included Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, their children Emma and Charlie, family friends Rachael Reed and Charmi Fehr, and pilots Jeffrey Gregory, 55, and Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, 20.

Meanwhile, investigators are continuing to examine what caused the aircraft to plunge from the sky.

In its November 8 update, the National Transportation Safety Board said its on-scene investigative activities had been completed, apart from ongoing excavation at the impact site. Investigators have recovered components from both wings, both engines, the flight deck and several sections of the aircraft’s tail and control surfaces.

Some recovered pieces have been sent to NTSB laboratories in Washington, D.C., for further examination.

The investigation remains open, and officials have not established the cause of the 𝔠r𝘢sh. The discovery of aircraft components away from the main impact site is part of the evidence investigators are examining, but it does not by itself establish what caused the aircraft to break apart.

For Ana María’s family, the technical investigation is only one part of a tᩚraɢedy that has changed their lives forever.

She had moved abroad hoping to build a better future, earned a university degree and found happiness caring for two young children. Her family is now left with memories of a daughter whose achievements and dreams were cut short at just 24.

Her father may have finally received the diploma she worked so hard to earn, but the moment that should have been a celebration has become another painful reminder of everything the family has lost.

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