The executive director of Skating Club Of Boston, Doug Zeghibesaid Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane They were among the deceased, along with the 1994 world champions Shishkova and Vadim Naumov Evgeniafrom Russia.
The victims returned from a national development camp for young promising skaters after the United States championship in Wichita, Kansas, Zeghibe added.
Lane, 16, was a sectional champion and It became popular among the skating community in social networkswhere he has thousands of followers on Tiktok. On Wednesday, he published a video that shows it by doing a triple Toe Loop to finish the development camp.
For its part, Han was only 13 years oldbut he already showed Olympic potential, according to Zeghibe: “We saw Jinna grow here, since she was a little girl to becoming an incredibly mature 13 -year -old girl,” he added. “A great interpreter, a great competitor. And out of the track, a great girl, as we would say, ‘well raised’. ”
“We are a family, a community and the skaters, the people who were on that plane, are also our family”, Said the 1956 Olympic champion, Tenley Albrightlamenting losses by the accident. “I have no answer. I really can’t believe it happened, because I imagine them here, ”said Albright, breaking to cry. “It’s terrible and sad. And we feel we need to be together. And that’s why we see so many hugs today. ”
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The Kremlin also confirmed that Shishkova and Naumov were on board. Among his students was his 23 -year -old son, Maxima former United States youth champion, who has finished fourth in the national adult championships in the last three years, and who was about to get on the podium on Sunday while his parents watched him at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita: “His parents were with him while competing. It is well known that Mom was always too nervous to see him skating, ”said the club official, pauses to contain his emotions. “But his father was with him, and Dad was in the ‘kiss and crying’ sharing his great performance.”
On Thursday, the flags of the artistic skating teams of the United States and Massachusetts They waved at half -mast outside the newly built skating track of the club.
Shock of a plane and a helicopter in Washington: at least 28 dead
At least 28 dead were recorded so far after the clash of An American Airlines commercial plane against a military helicopter on the Potomac River in Washington. The first one counted with 60 passengers and four crew, When approaching the Ronald Reagan Airport.
The number was confirmed by the city head of the city. Several of the deceased were Russian citizens, including skaters Yevenia Shishkova and Vadim NaumovWorld Champions in 1994 and until now coaches.
The accident occurred at 20.48, local time, when the device crashed in full flight with a Sikorsky H-60 (Black Hawk) helicopter that performed training maneuvers. The helicopter wore three military on board.
“At this point we don’t think there are survivors,” said Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly At a press conference at Ronald Reagan airport according to AFP. “At this time we are going from a rescue operation to a recovery operation” of the bodies, he added.
The helicopter approached the plane until he crashed with him. The devices exploded in the air, illuminating the sky of the capital, as seen in a video that circulates through social networks, taken with the Kennedy Center webcam.
Shock between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter
American Airlines He confirmed the known information of the accident in a statement, including the number of passengers and crew. “Our concern focuses on passengers and the crew on board the aircraft. We are in contact with the authorities and collaborating in the emergency response, ”said the company, which opened family assistance lines. The plane was traveling to the capital of the nation from Wichita, Kansas.
“I have been fully informed of the terrible accident that has just taken place at the Reagan National Airport. God bless your souls. Thanks for the incredible work that our first intervenings are doing, ”he said United States president Donald Trump, in a statement distributed by the White House.
Assistance equipment, between police, firefighters and emergency services, They deployed one search and rescue operationwith helicopters illuminating the river. The water temperature at the area of the accident is 1.6 ° C.which is a Critical risk of hypothermia For possible survivors.
The helicopter, with capacity to 15 peoplehe transported to Three militaryaccording to an official of the United States Army that did not provide more details.
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