The club has been the standard-bearer for American figure skating for more than a century. On Thursday, it became the epicenter of tragedy.

My response was to be with people I care about and love, and I needed support,” said Nancy Kerrigan. “That’s why I’m here. It’s a shock.”

Spencer Lane and his mother Christine, Jinna Han and her mother Jin, and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov died flying back from a figure skating camp in Wichita, Kansas.