5 lives were cut short when a jet struck their van. Now friends mourn a generous crew who took pride in their dangerous work

By Ray Sanchez, Carolina Peguero, CNN (CNN) — An exhausted Julio Pineda would arrive some nights at the Miami-Dade County apartment complex where he lived with his reflective vest and gray work shirt and slacks covered in grease and grime, a neighbor recalled. Still, the 75-year-old member of an airplane cleaning crew, who was known