Wallops Flight Facility mourns death of two workers

The deaths of Tiffany Moisan and Justin Lewis are a shock to the 1,100 civil service people and contractors who work at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. Director of the facility Bill Worbel says “It’s a very tight knit community, so you know, it’s deeply felt by everyone.”

Moisan’s death is still a mystery.  Her body was discovered on Sunday behind a Food Lion near where she lived in princess Anne.  Police had few updates on the death investigation of this mother of two young girls, other than to say they’re waiting on toxicology reports to determine the cause.  Moisan’s colleagues remember her for the asset she was as an oceanographer for NASA, but more for what she did in the community. “she was really big into the STEM education especially for youngsters and so she was a real big supporter on that side of things.” Wrobel tells 47ABC.

Early on Thursday morning, a car crash claimed the life of 26 year old Justin Lewis.  The Wallops Island firefighter was pronounced dead on the scene after the vehicle he was driving hit a tree in Worcester County.  Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.

Lewis’ co-workers honor his memory, saying he was a renaissance man, always out and about in the community.  Roe Terry, who is the Public Relations representative at Chincoteague Fire Dept., where Lewis also worked, says the 26 year old “was willing to help anybody.”  Lewis was also a saltwater cowboy, and that, 47ABC is told, he was a natural at.  Terry says Lewis and his family are true Chincoteaguers, and “just like our family.” In the tight knit community that Wallops and Chincoteague encompass.

Moisan’s NASA bio can be found here: http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/tiffany.a.moisan