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The American figure skating organization helps those recently affected Airline aircraft crash.
“On January 29, 2025, our American Skating family suffered an unimaginable loss when several members of our community – athletes, coaches and family members – raised on board the American Airlines 5342, which tragically collided with a helicopter in Washington,” reading. “These individuals returned home from the National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas, where the young skaters took further steps to their dream.”
The statement adds: “We are destroyed by this loss and carefully hold close victims in our hearts. In response to this, we have established the US Figure Sabershell Fund to provide financial assistance to those American families of figure skating directly on the tragedy. ”
US non -profit skating non -profit organizations joined forces with the global impact of mediating organizations on the gifts of victims of victims.
Former Olympic ice dancer Alex Shibutani On Saturday, February 1, shared a link to the fund through its Instagram stories and wrote: “Be sensitive and respect the privacy of the disabled. If you or someone you know, you need help and support, call or write down the DissSastring Dissast Diast Diast Dissast line. ”
On Wednesday, January 29, the news broke that the commercial flight of American Airlines passengers from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter and crashed in the Poterac River Outside Washington, DC all 67 individuals involved in the accident died after impact.
The American Airlines was four crew members and 60 passengers, many of whom were young figure skaters. According to the organization of skating, 14 participants The victims were their development camp Wichit at the beginning of this month.
“It’s beyond the skating community.” So many people see this tragedy and loss of these brilliant young skaters who poured their lives into building identity in our sport, ”Olympian Scott Hamilton said at Today show on Friday 31 January. “To get their lives to take away… it is simply devastating (a) shocking. It just doesn’t make sense. ”
He continued: “Here the community is connected. It is very tight, very tight, very amazing, caring and supporting community. We are not strange tragedy, but this is just above devastation. ”
Two of the victims were the 1994 Olympic gold medalists Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumovwho worked as skating.
“I have seen them many times over the years, but everything I have heard of them was perhaps a little hard, but with a smile on the cheeks,” Nancy Kerriganwho also competed at the 1994 games, He remembered the beginning of this week. “Whenever I walked (in the room), it was,” Oh, hello, it’s good to see you, “and (they were) welcome and like to see each other.” To enter (skating the Boston Rink club) and I don’t see it, I think it would be very weird for anyone who came here day after day. ”