GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - U.S. Figure Skating has confirmed that several skaters, coaches, and family members were on the American Airlines flight that crashed in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night. Skating organizations and clubs around the country are mourning those victims on Thursday. Many figure skating clubs shared posts on social media Thursday about what the loss means to their community and how they plan to honor the highly skilled skaters during competitions this week. “The magnitude of this event and this terrible disaster will stay with figure skating,”...

The North Texas figure skating community is reeling after several of its own were lost in a tragic plane crash near Washington, D.C. Nick Traxler, a former competitive skater, tried to stay focused while coaching in McKinney on Thursday, but his mind was elsewhere—on the friends he lost just the night before. He says those friends were among the victims when an American Eagle flight collided with a military helicopter while approaching Reagan National Airport. “Just hearing, it’s kind of unbelievable,” Traxler said. “I just knew in my heart that...

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond's local skating community, like so many skating communities across the nation, is mourning the loss of skaters, coaches and families on board American Airlines flight 5342 who they knew, or knew of, who they say are all part of a tight-knit family. CBS 6 anchor Bill Fitzgerald stopped by Richmond Ice Zone Thursday afternoon and spoke to two coaches who say the tragedy is devastating. "We don't really think of each other as from different countries. In figure skating, we're all just one giant group," Eric...

Spencer Lane shared one last image of his trip to Wichita, Kansas, hours before the American Airlines plane on which he was flying crashed in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The rising young figure skater posted a photo on his Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Jan. 29 of the view from his seat over the wing of the PSA Airlines-operated American Eagle CRJ-700. “ICT->DCA,” Lane, 16, wrote over his picture, referring to Wichita and D.C.’s airport codes. The image showed the plane still on the tarmac in Kansas. Lane was one of...

Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is small. The United States figure skating community, at its top levels, is even smaller. So when a national development camp for up-and-coming skaters wrapped up on Wednesday, the competitors and coaches arrived at the airport around the same time and time utilized the extra time to chat and say goodbyes from nearby spots in the 10-gate airport. Two young girls who train at Colorado Springs' World Arena Ice Hall caught their flight just after 5 p.m. A plane including some of their new...

NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — 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. Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia. In all,...

On the ice, figure skaters can conquer any challenge. But many of them are still trying to figure out how to overcome this one: a plane crash in which President Donald Trump said there are no survivors. “I don't think everyone has processed it,” Raleigh native Alina Efimova told WRAL. “I know I haven't processed it.” Efimova is a former Teen USA figure skater and now a coach with Elite Skating Academy near Charlotte. Over her figure skating career, she made connections in the sport – including with some people...

Figure skaters 'horrified, heartbroken' over D.C. plane crash: Reactions from across sport The international figure skating community was in shock Thursday as more details emerged about the tragic plane crash near Washington, D.C. that authorities fear has no survivors. U.S. Figure Skating confirmed several of its members were on the American Airlines flight with 64 people aboard that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River on Wednesday night. John Donnelly, the chief of Washington's fire department, said at a news conference Thursday that 28 bodies have...

A figure skater was saved from the deadly crash that killed 67 people after a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night because his dog was too big to board the flight, according to the Daily Mail, which cited the skater’s Instagram story. Jon Maravilla said he was supposed to be on the same flight that crashed into the Potomac River seconds before landing at Reagan Washington National Airport that departed from Wichita, Kansas, but was told his dog was too big, according...