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(NewsNation) — Douglas Lane, who mislaid his son, Spencer, successful the Washington, D.C., level crash, said helium had dreams of competitory fig skating.
“(Spencer) was truly conscionable benignant of a unit of nature,” said Douglas Lane.
His begetter said that contempt getting a comparatively precocious commencement successful fig skating, Spencer was determined to travel his passion.
“Even though radical bid since they're a tiny child, and it takes them years and years to make skills, helium conscionable started,” said Douglas. “And 3 years later, he's successful Wichita, Kansas, connected the nationalist improvement squad for U.S. fig skating, grooming with erstwhile satellite champions.”
The FAA said the midair clang occurred earlier 9 p.m. ET successful immoderate of the astir tightly controlled and monitored airspace successful the world, conscionable implicit 3 miles southbound of the White House and the Capitol.
American Airlines Flight 5342 was inbound to Reagan National astatine an altitude of astir 400 feet and a velocity of astir 140 mph erstwhile it rapidly mislaid altitude implicit the Potomac River, according to information from its vigor transponder.
Spencer’s coaches were besides connected committee the flight, according to his father.
“Wonderful people,” Douglas said of the coaches. “Former satellite champions from Russia and immoderate different skaters. And truthful it's conscionable devastating.”
