At least 14 members of US Figure Skating team were on American Airlines flight that crashed in DC
At least 14 members of the US Figure Skating team were on the American Airlines flight that collided mid-air with a military helicopter over Washington, DC, Wednesday night, according to a report.
Plane crash near DC resurfaces memories of 1961 tragedy that killed US skating team
Wednesday's plane crash that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skating team members recalls memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago.
U.S. and Russian figure skaters are among the victims of the D.C.-area plane crash
At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.
Figure skating community, even upstate, feels impact of deadly D.C. plane crash
The collision of a commercial jet and an Army helicopter Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. that killed more than 60 people has been especially devastating to the figure skating community. Fourteen members of the skating community were among the dozens killed when the plane crashed and landed in the Potomac River.
Triangle figure skating community in mourning following fatal plane crash in DC
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Central North Carolina has a close knit figure skating community that was rocked by a horrific tragedy on Wednesday. A Triangle figure skating coach told ABC11 that Thursday has been a day of grieving.
Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, were in crashed US airliner
Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,
Figure skating coaches with CT connection listed as victims in American Airlines crash in DC
Two of those coaches were identified by the Kremlin as Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
Plano’s Amber Glenn, figure skating community ‘heartbroken’ by Washington plane crash
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.
Emotions Pour From Tight-Knit Skating Community Following DC Plane Crash Carrying Athletes, Coaches
The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked Wednesday when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches from a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army h
Russia reacts to figure skater deaths in plane crash
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed condolences on Jan. 30 to families of Russian citizens aboard the U.S. plane that crashed in Washington.
2 figure skaters from The Skating Club of Boston, their mothers and coaches among D.C. plane crash victims
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Dick Button, Postwar Figure Skating Star and Longtime Commentator, Dies at 95
Dick Button, an American figure skating icon who went on to a long career as a face of his sport on television, died Thursday. He was 95. Button's son, Edward, announced his death without giving a ...
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