14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club

BY DAVE SKRETTA AND JIMMY GOLEN
Updated 6:17 PM EST, January 30, 2025

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 and their mothers were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia.

In all, 14 of the victims were coming back from a national development camp for promising young skaters following the U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas, Zeghibe said. Clubs in Philadelphia and the Washington area also expressed condolences for members of their community.

“We came here because we needed to be together,” 1956 Olympic champion Tenley Albright said while standing in a rink outside Boston that is named for her. “We’re family, and it’s a community and the skaters — the people who were on that plane — they’re our family, too.

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2. May they rest in peace

Link to tweet

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3. Tears

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4. Statement from US figure skating

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5. The skaters and all victims

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6. Saw Nancy Kerrigan on the news earlier.

I think she was or may still be a member of the Boston Skate Club.
Needless to say she's shattered.

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7. Horrible.