Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan tearfully offered condolences to the members of her former skating club who lost their lives in D.
Shishkova and Naumov competed in the Olympics, where Kerrigan won a silver medal. Fourteen members of the figure skating community died when an Army helicopter crashed into American Airlines flight Wednesday night near Reagan International Airport.
The flight was coming from Wichita, Kansas, where the U. Their parents work hard to be here. The events that took place last night in Washington, DC are absolutely devastating. Sending my love and prayers to all the victims and their families. Zeghibe recalled the deadly plane crash that killed 18 U. The loss of members of the U. A woman originally from Johnstown was identified as one of the victims in the crash of American Airlines Flight Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan got emotional in a new interview with CNN as she joined members of the The Skating Club of Boston to offer support to families of the skaters and coaches killed in the Washington D.
On Wednesday, an American Airlines commercial jet collided midair with a Blackhawk military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. 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 helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.
The accident was an eerie reminder of the plane crash that killed the U. Russian state agency Tass reported earlier Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the world champions in pairs figure skating, had been on the passenger jet.
