by David Propper at New York Post
A young ice skating duo and their coach were among the victims aboard the doomed American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk chopper Wednesday night, according to a report.
Youngsters Angela Yang and Sean Kay and their teacher Alexandr “Sasha” Kirsanov were all killed as the plane traveling from Wichita, Kansas attempted to land at Reagan National Airport in DC around 9 p.m., the coach’s wife told the News Journal.
“We always use American Airlines when we go to competition,” Natalia Gudin told the newspaper. “This time they go without me, and all of them are gone.”
Yang and Kay were members of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club. The pair went to Wichita last week to attend the National Development Camp where young promising skaters receive training.
More than a dozen figure skaters were on the flight traveling back from the camp that was held along with the US Figure Skating Championships last week…
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