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(NewsNation) — The fig skating assemblage has reacted with sorrow implicit the quality that respective members of U.S. fig skating were connected committee the rider level that crashed Wednesday night.
The American Airlines rider pitchy collided with an Army helicopter arsenic it approached the runway astatine Reagan National Airport. The formation from Wichita, Kansas, had 60 passengers and 4 unit connected board.
Two connected committee were identified arsenic Russian skaters Eveangia Shiskova and Vadim Naumov. The mates were pairs satellite champions 30 years agone and aboriginal became coaches.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the 1994 champions were connected board.
“Unfortunately, we spot that this bittersweet accusation is being confirmed," Peskov said. “There were different chap citizens there. Bad quality contiguous from Washington. We are atrocious and nonstop condolences to the families and friends who mislaid those of our chap citizens who died successful the level crash.”
The Skating Club of Boston also confirmed skaters Jinna Han, 16, and her parent Jin Han and Spencer Lane, 16, and his parent Christine Lane were connected board.
The nine issued a connection saying it was devastated by the loss.
"Skating is simply a tight-knit assemblage wherever parents and kids travel unneurotic 6 oregon 7 days a week to bid and enactment together," the connection said. "Everyone is similar family."
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed respective assemblage members were connected committee aft returning location from a grooming camp.
"We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims’ families intimately successful our hearts. We volition proceed to show the concern and volition merchandise much accusation arsenic it becomes available," the radical said successful a statement.
The clang is not the archetypal clip an aerial calamity has struck the U.S. fig skating community. In 1961, the 18-member U.S. fig skating squad died successful a clang extracurricular Brussels, on with six coaches, 4 officials and immoderate household members. They had been en way to the satellite championships successful Prague.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
