D.C. plane crash: Heartbreaking stories emerge as victims identified - National | Globalnews.ca

Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the 60 travellers and four crew members on board the commercial flight late Wednesday when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter, which was carrying three soldiers.

Spencer Lane , 16 , and his mother, Christine Lane , from Barrington , Rhode Island , were among those killed in the crash.

Spencer ’s father, Douglas Lane , revealed that Spencer had only started skating three years ago and was “really just a force of nature” Jinna Han , a 13-year-old figure skater, and her mother, were also among the members of Boston Skating Club of Boston who died.

Jinna Ganicheva and Everly Shin , 14 , and Alydia Livingston , 11 , were among the multiple skaters who were on board the American Airlines flight.

Maxim Shishkova and Vadim Naumov's son, Maxim , was a former U.S. junior champion who competed in the national championships in Wichita , Kansas .

The Boston Skating Club released a statement on Thursday , saying: “Our sport and this Club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy. Skating is a tight-knit community where parents and kids come together 6 to 7 days a week.

Tonya Harding shared her reaction to the plane crash on X Factor .

Ashley Wagner , Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir also took to social media to share their condolences.

The International Skating Union said it was “deeply shocked by the tragic accident” The European Figure Skating Championships continued Thursday as scheduled.