'Hearts are heavy': 14 members of figure skating community among victims of DC plane crash
Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday.
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.
N.J. native and son killed in D.C. plane crash, skating club says
A Union County native was among those killed in the D.C. plane crash, officials said while offering condolences.
12-Year-Old Figure Skaters Among Those Killed In D.C. Plane Crash: What We Know About The Victims
Six people associated with Zeghibe’s club in Norwood, Massachusetts, were killed in the plane crash: skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine, skater Jinna Han and her mother, Jin, and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, a married couple who were world champion pairs figure skaters from Russia in the 1990s.
Tight-Knit U.S. Figure Skating Community Deeply Shaken by Washington, D.C. Plane Crash
Former Olympian Charlie White is among those trying to help young skaters through the loss of more than a dozen members of the U.S. figure-skating community.
After plane crash, Leawood skating coach grieves champions she grew up with in Russia
We skated together. We grew up in Saint Petersburg and we skated on the same ice,” said Marina Eltsova, of Leawood. “It’s surreal. ... I know there are videos of what happened. I just did not want to see it.
DC Plane Crash: Sports Figures, Teams React to Tragedy That Rocked Figure Skating
Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.
14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club
Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.
Wife of Delaware skating coach killed in DC plane crash left devastated by tragedy: ‘I lost everything’
Alexandr "Sasha" Kirsanov, a figure skating coach from Delaware, and two of his young students were among the victims from Wednesday's deadly plane crash in Washington D.C.
14 from U.S. figure skating community aboard plane that crashed near Washington, D.C.
Two teenage figure skaters, their coaches and family members among 14 members of U.S. figure skating community in deadly plane crash over D.C. airport.
Metro Atlanta law and figure skating communities remember plane crash victims
International and national figure skaters, their parents, and coaches were all aboard the ill-fated American Airlines flight on Wednesday night.
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Youth figure skaters Angela Yang and Sean Kay identified as plane crash victims
(Gray News) – Two of the victims of the American Airlines plane crash in Washington were youth figure skaters. The Delaware ...
Plane Crash Victims Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov Said Son 'Made Us All Proud' at Competition in Final Post
World Champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov shared their pride about their son and figure skating pupil, ...
A 'unfortunate chain of events': Pilots share thoughts on DC plane crash
As investigators look into the cause of Wednesday night's plane crash, pilots share their initial take on the collision.
What we know about the people presumed dead in the D.C. plane crash
After an all-night search-and-rescue operation in frigid conditions and heavy winds on the icy Potomac, officials pivoted Thursday morning to recovery operations.
Factbox-Deadly US Airline Crashes Since 2001
These are the last 10 deadly airline crashes to occur in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. National Transportation Board and the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network: A Colgan ...