The Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton reminded me of the victims of the figure skating community after colliding with the Army Helicopter late on Wednesday after flight of American Airlines to Washington DC from Kangzas development camps to Washington DC. I suppressed tears.
The four men's single world champion talked about the victims with affection during their appearance. today However, the reality of this week was called “overwhelming”.
“It's just a catastrophic and shocking thing a few days after these championships are over, it's noisy. It's not a stranger to tragedy, but this exceeded devastation. “
The authorities were riding an American Airlines in 5342 when 14 skaters, coaches, and families collided with UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport near DC around 9 pm. I mentioned it.
Many of the victims have been identified, including Evgenia SHISHKOVA and VADIM NAUMOV, a famous ice skating coach that won the World Championship title in 1994.
Hamilton became emotional when he talked about a couple who settled in the United States and became a coach after a successful career who reached the top of the two Olympics.
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He saw them a few days before CRASH dropping while attending the US figure skating championship in Kansas.
“I was actually sitting with them for a wonderful visit in Wichita,” Hamilton recalled on Friday. “
“I think they are gone, well, I can't wrap my head in the past 36 hours. It's just catastrophic, the loss exceeds the explanation. My heart is crushed.”
Shishikova and Naumov married in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1995 and moved to Connecticut.
They had their son, Maxim. He was in Kansas, but participated in a man's single in the United States, which did not travel with his parents.
The Russian pair was a coach of a Boston skate club.
It is presumed that 60 passengers on American airplanes, four crew members and three soldiers on a helicopter training flight are dead.
AP communication has contributed to this report.
