Two young figure skaters with promising futures in the sport were killed in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Misha Mitrofanov, Jimmy Ma and Alisa Efimova, members of The Skating Club of Boston, spoke about the Olympic potential of their peers who died in a plane crash.

Ilia Malinin topped the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships men's short program by the largest margin in history.

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

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A sizable cohort of figure skaters, coaches, and families were among the passengers involved in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston 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.

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.

There were 14 U.S. figure skaters onboard the passenger plane, according to The Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe, including Jinna Han.PEOPLE spoke with members of the skating community who knew the 13-year-old victim.

Two young figure skaters with promising futures in the sport were killed in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Air crash investigations can take months, and federal investigators told reporters they would not speculate on what caused the collision between the Army helicopter and a jetliner.

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.