Members of the craft skilion are presumed to have been killed in the plane crash near Reagan international airport on Wednesday evening.
The accident had hours before the European Figure Skating Championships, who honored the victims in a moment of silence before the skaters took the ice.
The legendary Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir broadcasting duo were on the call, and before skating occurred, they both offered emotional tributes.
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Emergency intervention units assess the plane wrecks in the Potomac river near Ronald Reagan Washington airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)
“While we arrive on the air for the European Figure Skating Championships, we are all bad today. We have absolutely a broken heart to the news that several members of our skating community were among those who were lost in the tragic plane accident in Washington, DC, last night, “said Weir.
Weir then read parts of the sentimental declarations of American figure skating and the International Skating Union.
After a moment of silence, probably to retain tears, Lipinski offered its condolences.
“It is an unimaginable loss. My heart is completely broken for our skating community, their families and their loved ones. My heart is with all the affected families, and this is the part for which I have no words. This will not do him justice.
Weir added: “Our work consists in ensuring that everyone’s mind lives. It is a huge loss that our community feels, and the grief that we feel for our tight community and the pain we feel for our friends and colleagues is unimaginable today.
The Champions of Artistic Skating Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski comment on NBC on Skating For Men Skating The Seventh Day of the Winter Olympic Games from Sochi 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace on February 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia in Russia . (John Berry / Getty Images)
The first stakeholders went to the efforts of recovery in the Potomac river after it was believed that there were no survivors. There were 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the American Airlines flight and three soldiers aboard the Black Hawk UH-60 helicopter.
The police are continuing their investigation into the American Airlines plane which crashed in the Potomac river while trying to land at Reagan national airport on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)
Two former Olympians, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naunov, were also considered to be among the victims of the plane crash, confirmed the Kremlin.
