US and Russian figure skaters were on board crashed plane
They include two teenagers, their mothers and two former Russian stars, according to their club in Boston.
Moment people break down at Boston skating club of plane crash victims
Loved ones of six Washington plane crash victims were pictured on Thursday in heartbreaking scenes as they visited the skating club which they belonged to.
Figure skaters' 'final words to their son' before crash revealed
Married couple Evgenia Shishkova, 53, and Vadim Naumov, 56, were travelling back to DC on Flight 5342 after attending the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas.
14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club
NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and their mothers were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia. In all, 14 of the victims were coming back from a national development camp for promising young skaters following the U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas, Zeghibe said. Clubs in Philadelphia and the Washington area also expressed condolences for members of their community.“We came here because we needed to be together,” 1956 Olympic champion Tenley Albright said while standing in a rink outside Boston that is named for her. “We’re family, and it’s a community and…
Six members of figure skating group on Washington DC flight are named
Everyone aboard the jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Wichita Airport in Kansas that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead.
Anguish of Olympics star whose skating club lost six in DC plane crash
'It's a shock. I was watching all night (on television) and when you find out you know some of the people on the plane it is an even bigger blow,' she said through her tears.
'Several' US Figure Skating team members aboard plane that crashed near Washington
U.S. figure skaters, along with their coaches and family members, were onboard the American Airlines flight that plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday night after a midair collision with an Army Blackhawk helicopter.
14 Members Of U.S. Figure Skating Team Onboard D.C. Plane: What We Know About The Crash Victims
Officials are yet to confirm the number of casualties from the crash, but reports say first responders have recovered 28 bodies from the Potomac River.
Who are the DC plane crash victims? American figure skaters among presumed dead
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included teen figure skaters, their mothers and Russian coaches. There were 60 passengers and four crew members on the American Airlines flight on Wednesday and three soldiers aboard the training flight on the Blackhawk helicopter. Hope of rescuing any survivors evaporated by daybreak. “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital, on Thursday morning. “We don’t believe there are any…
North Texas figure skating community reflects on lives lost in D.C. plane crash
North Texas skaters are grieving after losing friends and colleagues in a tragic plane crash near Washington, D.C.
US figure skaters on board as '19 bodies' recovered from Washington plane crash
Sixty passengers were on the flight which collided with an Army helicopter with searches underway in the Potomac River
Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes
Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night. U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that several skaters, coaches and family members […]
6 with ties to Boston figure skating club killed in midair collision, official says
At least six people with ties to the Skating Club of Boston were among those killed when a passenger airliner collided with a U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night.
Members of Mass. figure skating club were aboard crashed American Airlines flight
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.
Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, was on crashed US plane, TASS reports
Russian state media reported that former world champions and ice skating coaches Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night.
‘Several members of our skating community' on crashed plane, U.S. Figure Skating says
U.S. Figure Skating told NBC News early Thursday morning several athletes, coaches, and family members were on an American Eagle jet that crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night.
World champion Russian figure skaters aboard flight involved in midair collision, Kremlin says
Russian figure skating pair Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among those on board when an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, the Kremlin said.
Olympic great Nancy Kerrigan fights through tears as she talks about victims in tragic plane crash
Olympic star Nancy Kerrigan fought through tears as she spoke about those who were lost in a tragic plane crash, which occurred on Wednesday night.
Emotions pour from tight-knit skating community following DC plane crash carrying athletes, coaches
The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches from a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.
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