The American artistic skater Jon Maravilla set the record straight on a story that has become viral in the middle of the airline catastrophe which occurred near Reagan international airport on Wednesday evening.
Maravilla told Daily Beast in an interview on Thursday that he had been refused to theft because of his dog, but he had to fly away from Detroit and not Wichita, Kansas, where the convicted flight came. Russia’s media reports originally affirmed that he was supposed to be on the plane, pointing to Instagram messages from his personal account.
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Research and rescue efforts are observed around a wreckage site in the Potomac river from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (Mark Schiefelbein / Photo)
He said at the point of sale that he was not clear where the reports came from, but his heart was broken by the fate of some of his friends.
“I still can’t believe it,” he said at the point of sale. “I was just with them while watching them have fun and enjoying their time.”
He added that he was in a parking lot when he started learning the flight that collided with an American army helicopter was from Wichita.
The officials said Thursday that there were no survivors of the accident and that the mission went from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. Nearly 30 bodies were taken from the Potomac river.
Live updates: the military helicopter collided with planes near Reagan National Airport
The rescuers on the boats work, while the sun rises, on the site of the accident after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with the American Eagle Flight 5342, which approached the national airport of Reagan Washington , and crashed into the Potomac river, outside Washington, United States, January, 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
At least six of those who died in the accident had links with the Boston skating club.
The CEO of the Boston skating club, Doug Zeghibe, identified those who have links with the club like athletes, Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, two coaches, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, and Jin Han, Jinna’s mother, And Molly Lane, Spencer’s mother. , were identified as victims with links with the skateboard club.
“Our sport and this club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,” Zeghibe said in a statement published on social networks. “Skating is a united community where parents and children meet 6 over 7 days a week to train and work together. Everyone is like the family. Skaters, coaches and parents on the plane, We believe that six came from the Boston skating club.
Washington DC, United States – January 30: a police boat patrolled in water and keeps the crime scene after an American Airlines plane collided in the air with a military helicopter and crashed In the Potomac river in Washington, DC in the United States on January 30, 2025. “A regional jet of Bombardier CRJ700 from PSA Airlines collided in the air with a helicopter Sikorsky H-60 when approaching the approach Track 33 at Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m. local time, “the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement. (Kyle Mazza / Anadolu via Getty Images)
“These athletes, coaches, parents returned from the US Fix Skating National Development Camp, after last week’s American championships in Wichita. This camp is for young competition skaters of tomorrow with the promise of being a champion of tomorrow.
