Plane crash kills world champion figure skaters and the ‘future’ of the sport in a tragic case of déjà vu
Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.
A Plane Crash Devastates The Figure Skating Community—Again
Sarah Hughes explains how the plane crash near Washington DC has impacted the tight-knit figure skating community.
Family, friends and community mourn skaters, mothers and coach killed in plane crash
A funeral for five of the victims of a January plane crash near Washington, D.C., was held at UD's ice arena Saturday morning.
U.S. and Russian figure skaters are among the victims of the D.C.-area plane crash
At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.
Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.
Funeral held for Delaware skaters, mothers and coach killed in D.C. plane crash
A funeral was held Saturday morning to honor the lives of two Delaware ice skaters, their mothers, and their coach after they were killed in last month’s tragic mid-air collision near Washington, D.C.
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In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
Yet as the figure skating community continued to grapple with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents in a fatal plane crash Wednesday night, the grief was not limited to the ...
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14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club
“Figure skating is more than a sport — it’s a close-knit family ... For the Boston club, the accident was an eerie reminder of a 1961 plane crash that killed the entire U.S. delegation en route ...
Farmington woman grieves skating group members lost in DC plane crash
"I call them my kids, my babies, but they're gone, and I'll never get to see them again," said Toni Miller-Lowry, who lost ...
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Plane crash near DC resurfaces memories of 1961 tragedy that killed US skating team
Wednesday night's plane crash outside Washington, D.C., that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members was devastating news for the skating community.
Deseret News archives: Dreams died in 1961 figure skating team plane crash
On Feb. 15, 1961, a commercial flight carrying all 18 members of the U.S. Figure Skating team to the world championships in ...
Figure skating mom starts Skates of Hope to honor DC plane crash victims
A North Carolina mom is honoring those who died in the American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army helicopter by ...
Documentary remembers 1961 Figure Skating team
U.S. Figure Skating was hit with a horrific loss as the entire team — athletes, seconds, thirds and coaches, perished in a plane crash in Belgium en route to the World Figure Skating Championships. On ...