In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt across the world.
Mothers and their children, figure skating champions and a flight attendant living her dream are among DC plane crash victims
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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.
'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.
14 linked to figure skating were on crashed airplane in D.C.
Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., according to the Skating Club of Boston's executive director.
Skaters honor renowned coach killed in D.C. plane crash
Inna Volyanskaya, a skating coach at the Ashburn Ice House in Virginia and one of the victims of the D.C. plane crash, was remembered for her dedication to her students.
Figure skaters 'horrified, heartbroken' over D.C. plane crash: Reactions from across sport
John Donnelly, the chief of Washington's fire department, said at a news conference Thursday that 28 bodies have been found and efforts had shifted from "a search-and-rescue operation to a recovery operation.
Fellow skaters mourn victims of D.C. plane crash
Teammates, friends and fellow skaters dropped off flowers and balloons at a skating rink in Ashburn, Virginia, on Jan. 30, the home of several crash victims.
'When it happens, it breaks you' - Ice skaters reel from US plane crash
Even at a club that has produced countless elite-level skaters - where the competition is as tough as it gets - the two stood out. "They had been sought out and identified as the future of the sport," the club's CEO Doug Zeghibe told me while standing alongside the rink where the two athletes trained day in and day out.
Figure skaters remember friends who were killed in DC plane crash
Figure skaters remember their friends who were among 67 people killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River.
Figure skating community mourns the loss of legend Dick Button in the wake of D.C. plane crash tragedy
Tragedy struck the figure skating community this week when 14 people traveling to D.C. from a national development camp were ...
Close-knit Massachusetts figure skating world shares a bond, and now a tragedy
Several skaters, parents, coaches, and officials had just wrapped up an elite training camp in Wichita, Kan., including ...
Six Members of Boston Skating Club Killed in Midair Collision
The Skating Club of Boston confirmed that two skaters, two staff members and two parents died in the plane crash near ...
Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor
Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.
As D.C. plane crash victims are identified, stories emerge of a new dad, a professor, skating coaches and rising stars
We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...
Teens from a Boston skating club, their mothers, and coaches among passengers killed in air crash
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River ...
'The Ice Skating Sisters' were rising stars beloved at their home rink before tragedy struck
Known online as "The Ice Skating Sisters," Alydia and Everly died with their parents in the mid-air collision over the ...