(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.
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.
During a press conference late Wednesday night providing information on a crash of an inbound plane from Wichita, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said several Kansans are likely dead.
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,
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 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.
Army helicopter. There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on board.
The nearly full commercial flight originated in Wichita, flying the only nonstop route between the city and the nation’s capital. Among the 64 people onboard — 60 passengers, two pilots and two flight attendants — were members of the elite world of youth figure skating.
World champion skaters, a consultant who just moved to the D.C. area, a crew chief who was a new dad, champion figure skating coaches and rising skating stars were among those killed in the midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter over Washington,
A community in Prince George's County, Maryland gathered Friday morning to remember a young figure skater who was among the victims of Wednesday's deadly midair