The coaches running around Russian and the spouse Evgenia Shishikova and Vadim Naumov were one of the passengers on a fateful American airplane, who collided with the U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday night. 。
When the 53 -year -old SHISHKOVA and the 56 -year -old NAUMOV trained, Ludmila Velikova was a child Reuters The couple was like a family for her -and she was not on the same airplane, the son, Maxim, and the competitive figure skater of the United States.
“They were my children, apart from others,” said Velicova. He added that 14 skaters and trainer groups traveling from Wichita, Kansas were on an airplane.
“Zhenya (shishkova) was trained with me from VLADIK (NAUMOV) from 11 to 14 years old. They were like my child. What happened is terrible. The best people are terrible. I was taken away from us.
Shishikova and Naumov competed twice at the Olympics and won the World Championships in 1994, but in Kansas, Maxim was fourth and cooperated with the U.S. figure skating championship. I was for a national development camp.
According to Daily mailThe teammate said that Maxim left Wichita on Monday, and the last word that Shishikoba and Naumov showed his son is that they are “proud.”
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The Federal Aviation Bureau said that when a military helicopter collided with the passenger jet and in the air and collided with the Potmax River before 9 pm, he was on training.
On the way from Wichita to Washington DC, there were 60 passengers and 4 crew members in the American Eagle Flight 5342. American Airlines said.
The military helicopter was carrying three people, DC mayor Muriel Bowser said.
Chief John Donnie At a press conference on fire and emergency medical services in the Colombian district, at a press conference on Thursday, 27 bodies were collected from the plane and one from helicopter.
“At this point, I don't think there is a survivor from the accident,” said Donneler.
The estimated 300 first respondents were on the spot at the extreme cold temperature and the ice area.
US figure skating did not specify members of communities, including skaters, coaches, and families on flights.
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“The US figure skating can be confirmed that several skating communities have been on the American Airlines 5342 flights. This collided with a helicopter at Washington DC yesterday evening.” Figure skating states in a statement. “We are devastated by tragedy that cannot be described in this word, and keeps the victim's family in our hearts.”
SHISHKOVA and NAUMOV were coaches belonging to the Boston skate club.
Club CEO Doug Zigibe, Talked to the reporters in Massachusetts The 14 figure skaters are afraid that they died of a tragic collision, including two coaches, two skaters, and two mothers.
