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Maxim Naumov Says Parents Switched Flights Before Fatal D.C. Plane Crash

Maxim Naumov opened up about the deaths of his parents, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, in the Washington, D.C. plane crash for the first time on 'Today'

Maxim, 23, sat down with Today ’s Craig Melvin on the Thursday, March 27, episode of the NBC morning show, revealing that his parents switched their flight before boarding the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C. on January 29. News broke on Wednesday, January 29, that the airplane, which departed from Kansas, crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. Maxim concluded the interview on a heartfelt note, acknowledging that he would “not be the person I am today without” his parents and adding, “Their love and their care was evident in each stage of my life.

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