Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. A mother and her young son Julia Kay and her son, 11-year-old Sean Kay, leave behind a broken-hearted husband and father – and three other children – after they were killed in the horrific collision.
Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano reflected on the tragic plane crash that killed multiple American figure skaters after spending a special week alongside them in Wichita, Kansas. “My heart breaks for my skating family today and my thoughts and prayers go out to all those impacted by this horrible tragedy,
The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions. Wichita, Kansas, had hosted several high-profile skating events in recent days.
U.S. Figure Skating announced that 'several members of our skating community' were on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place Jan. 21-26 in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Figure Skating did not identify any of the members of its team that were on board. Doug Zeghib
The figure skating community describes itself as "tight-knit," and members in the Kansas City area are feeling the impacts of the tragedy.
The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.
Students at Parkview High School in Springfield got to witness a mock crash simulation Friday afternoon.
(Gray News) – Two of the victims of the American Airlines plane crash in Washington were youth figure skaters. The Delaware News Journal confirmed that youth ice dancing partners Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the fateful flight back from the US Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas.
American Airlines Flight 5342 with 60 passengers and four crew hit an Army helicopter near Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Wednesday night, sending the two aircraft into the Potomac River and killing all aboard in the deadliest U.
As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.