DENVER (KDVR) — A local former competitive figure skater and coach at the University of Denver says she knew some of the victims of Wednesday’s mid-air collision into the Potomac River.

On Thursday, the figure skating legend decided to speak alongside fellow athletes at a press conference at the Skating Club of Boston — where she is an alumna and some of the late skaters trained.

The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River were just ...

DC. Everly and Alydia, who hailed from Ashburn, Va., were known in the figure skating community as the “Ice Skating Sisters,” and were returning home from the US Figure Skating Championships ...

A curse, because upon hearing the origin of American Eagle flight 5342, Jill Stewart, Tidewater Figure Skating Club’s skating director, knew she’d likely know, or know of, victims. A blessing ...

SEATTLE — The figure skating community is reeling from a devastating plane crash in Washington, DC, that claimed the lives of more than a dozen young athletes, coaches and family members.

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash – devastating a global community far too familiar with tragedy.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Figure Skating confirmed to WUSA9 early Thursday morning that several members of "our skating community" were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed into the Potomac ...

More than 60 people are presumed dead after an airplane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Among those on board were members of the U.S. Figure Skating ...

U.S. figure skater Jon Maravilla says it’s not ... I was not supposed to be on the DC flight. My heart goes out to the victims, and I can’t believe this is real. I am still in shock.