A tragic plane crash near Washington, D.C., has shaken the international figure skating community. Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children. In Tucson, the tragedy is being deeply felt by skaters who understand the tight-knit bonds shared across the sport. Briana Langley, a lifelong skater who first stepped onto the ice at just 18 months old, shared her sorrow. “It’s really hard to put words on it because it’s such a tragic accident,” Langley said. The crash claimed the lives...

The U.S. skating community was in mourning on Thursday after learning some of the country's most promising young figure skaters, as well as parents and coaches, were aboard an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport. The plane, carrying 64 passengers and crew, was en route to Washington from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday when it was involved in a midair collision with a U.S. Army helicopter. Officials said they do not believe there were any survivors. U.S. Figure Skating, the sport's national governing body, said...

The ice-skating community is devastated after learning elite ice skaters, coaches and families perished in a plane crash in Washington D.C. Wednesday night. The ice-skating community is devastated after learning elite ice skaters, coaches and families perished in a plane crash in Washington D.C. Wednesday night. American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed when it collided midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. All 67 people on both aircraft died. News of the crash hit home in Oklahoma City. “Our hearts are just broken,” said Jackie Brenner, the Director of Figure Skating...

GILBERT, AZ — As we learn more about the lives lost on the passenger plane that crashed with a military helicopter over the Potomac River in the Washington D.C. area Wednesday night, many of them on that flight were part of the figure skating community heading back from a National Competition. ”When I opened my phone up, it was everywhere,” said Laura Patterson. When she’s not coaching at AZ Ice in Gilbert, Laura Patterson is an official for US Figure Skating. She sat rink-side for the U.S. National Competition in...

Six people -- two coaches, two athletes, and two parents -- from the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood were confirmed aboard the plane that crashed after a midair collision in Washington. "It's really their second home," Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe told NBC 10 News. "Their second family. We're all feeling this." Among those in the crash, husband and wife figure-skating coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova of Norwood. "Everything you've heard about them, being a little tough," Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan began. "They always did it...

In 2022, 10-year-old figure skater Jinna Han spoke to NBC10 Boston about her big dreams: "to go to the Olympics and try to get a gold medal." She also talked gleefully about the excitement of watching the Beijing Olympics, featuring star American Nathan Chen. "It's like, who's going to win, what's going to happen? Because anything can happen at the Olympics," she said. Young skaters at a rink in Boston explain why they look up to Olympian Nathan Chen. Three years later and Jinna was well on her way —...

The sports world reacted with shock and sadness to the news that 67 people — including several prominent figure skaters, coaches and their families — died when an airplane collided with a helicopter above Washington D.C. on Wednesday. "I just, I feel for the athletes, the skaters, and their families but anyone who was on that plane, not just the skaters, because it's such a tragic event," former U.S. figure skating champion Nancy Kerrigan said Thursday. "When you find out you know some of the people on the plane, it's...

SHAWNEE, Kan. — Elite figure skaters were among the 60 passengers that were killed when an American Airlines jet and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The figure skating community describes itself as "tight-knit," and members in the Kansas City area are feeling the impacts of the tragedy. "I had the news on, and when I heard this plane crash and they said it came from Wichita, big pit in my stomach," said Charmin Savoy, a coach with Kansas...

Chicago figure skaters mourn DC plane crash victims they just saw at Kansas competition Chicago area figure skaters who were also at the championship in Kansas are now mourning some of the athletes they competed against who died in the DC plane crash. Chicago area figure skaters who were also at the championship in Kansas are now mourning some of the athletes they competed against who died in the DC plane crash. Chicago area figure skaters who were also at the championship in Kansas are now mourning some of the...