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14 Figure Skaters Killed in American Airlines Plane Crash: 'Lost Family'

Fourteen members of the figure skating community were killed in the January 29 plane crash in D.C, according to Skating Club of Boston’s Doug Zeghibe

Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano reflected on the tragic plane crash that killed multiple American figure skaters after spending a special week alongside them in Wichita, Kansas. The couple shared a son, Max, who competed and finished fourth in the men’s event in Wichita, but he left on Monday, January 27, while his parents stayed in Kansas to coach at the U.S. Sixty passengers and four crew members were onboard the flight, which collided with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport and fell into the Potomac River.

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