In this episode, Daphne, Gina and Matteo remembered the eleven figure skaters, the four coaches and the 13 family members, who lost their lives on American Airlines Flight 5342 Jan. 29. The 28 members of the figure skating community were returning home from the National Development Camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.
- U.S. Figure Skating statement
- Remembering the Lives We Lost: ION Figure Skating Club
- Remembering the Lives We Lost: Skating Club of Northern Virginia
- Remembering the Lives We Lost: Skating Club of Boston
- Remembering the Lives We Lost: University of Delaware Figure Skating Club
- Remembering the Lives We Lost: Washington Figure Skating Club
Fundraisers:
- U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund
- GoFundMe’s dedicated page with verified DC Plane Crash fundraisers
- GoFund Me: Support Maxim: A Son’s Unthinkable Loss (fundraiser not included in the dedicated page)
News Articles:
These are the news articles we referenced during our remembrance of our skating community.
- ESPN: The triumphant final days of the skaters killed in D.C. crash
- The Guardian: ‘Our youngest and brightest’: grief of DC plane crash rocks figure skating community
- AP: International Skating Union to honor athletes killed in plane crash when Boston hosts world champs
- USA Today: ‘They’re very rare’: Family lost in DC plane crash dedicated lives to figure skating
- PEOPLE: Skating Coach Whose Husband and Students Died in D.C. Plane Crash Says She’s ‘Lost Everything’
- New York Times: The Skater Who Stuck a Triple Axel Before Boarding the Flight