RISING star ice skaters and their world champion coaches are among the first victims to be named in the horrific Washington DC plane crash.
Sixty-four people are believed to have died after a Black Hawk slammed into an American Airlines passenger plane above the Potomac River.
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The plane shattered into three pieces, and both aircraft sank into the inky black waters on Wednesday evening just before 9 pm ET.
At least 28 bodies have been pulled from the waters, as the ill-fated rescue mission quickly turned into a desperate recovery operation.
Officials believe there are no survivors, making this the deadliest US air crash in nearly 24 years.
At least 14 passengers on the flight from Wichita, Kansas, to the US capital were members of the ice skating community who were coming from the US National Champions.
The Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe confirmed that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and both of their mothers were among those killed.
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Their coaches, 1994 ice skating world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were also killed in the crash.
Shishkova and Naumov were married, and they had a son, Maxim, who was also a rising star in the ice skating community.
In a devastating statement, Zeghibe said, “Skating is a very close and tight-knit community.
“These kids and their parents, they’re here at our facility in Norwood, six, sometimes seven days a week. It’s a close, tight bond.
“This will have long-reaching impacts for our skating community.”
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