Olympian Nancy Kerrigan broke down in tears during a television interview on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the Skating Club of Boston, where six victims of the deadly American Airlines plane crashed belonged.
Former figure skater Nancy Kerrigan fights back tears as she remembers up-and-coming skating stars killed after an American Airlines commuter jet collides in midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that several of its members were aboard a flight that crashed near Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan got emotional in a new interview with CNN as she joined members of the The Skating Club of Boston to offer support to families of the skaters and coaches killed in the Washington D.
The pilot and first officer on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night—killing all 64 people on board—have been identified by a colleague and family member as victims alongside American and Russian figure skaters,
The two Olympic medalists arrived at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood on Thursday to offer support to the skaters' teammates and friends.
News of the plane crash that claimed the lives of 67 people Wednesday night near Washington, D.C. hit close to home for Nancy Kerrigan. Kerrigan, the former U.S. figure skating champion, is an alumna of the Skating Club of Boston.
In all, 14 of the victims were coming back from a national development camp for promising young skaters following the U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas.
The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked Wednesday when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches from a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.
Tonya Harding reacted to the Washington D.C plane crash which is believed to have killed all passengers including pro figure skaters
Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a safe landing when a collision with an Army helicopter plunged both aircrafts and everyone on board into Virginia’s Potomac River.