Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.
As of Thursday night, 14 of those killed have been linked to the skating community, including members from clubs in the Washington area, Boston and Philadelphia. The Figure Skating Club of Omaha said the tragedy marks a horrific day for every family involved and the sport as a whole.
Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.
As news trickled out about the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash, the figure skating community mourned several of its own.
Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.
Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.
'I cried. It was tough'; A figure skating mother reacts to the death of a friend in the Washington plane crash
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
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches,
A “radiant” mother, soon-to-be-married pilot and teenage skaters are among those killed in the horror crash between a passenger plane and army helicopter in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. All 64 people aboard the American Airlines jet and three aboard the Army Black Hawk helicopter are believed dead,
Those in Colorado Springs are offering their support and condolences for those impacted by the tragic plane crash in Washington DC.