Vigil at Wichita Ice Center honors lives of skaters, coaches, killed in DC plane crash
Wichita city officials community members and ice skaters came together Monday night to remember the lives of skaters and coaches killed in last week’s crash near Washington, D.C.’s Ronal Reagan National Airport involving American Airlines flight 5342,
Glenview athlete competed in Wichita before ice skaters who died in DC plane crash
Glenview figure skater Alexa Gasparotto placed at U.S. Nationals before skaters who later died in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight is not believed to have any survivors.
'Gut punch' to the Wichita ice skating community after fatal airplane crash
"This is going to be really hard on our skating community for a very, very long time," said Wichita Skating Club President Jolene Taylor. "You don't think that tomorrow they might not be here."
Wichita Figure Skating Club to host memorial vigil to honor lives lost in crash
The organization says a moment of silence will be held on Monday, February 3, from 2:35 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. CST at the Wichita Ice Center.
City leaders, skating community honor Flight 5342 victims on center ice
Ice rinks across the country held moments of silence to pay tribute to the lives lost on Flight 5342. At the Wichita Ice Center, city leaders joined members of the city's skating community and others for a tribute on center ice.
Connecticut figure skaters honor members of ice skating community killed in D.C. plane crash
Members of the CT figure skating community joined together in West Hartford to honor those killed in the D.C. plane crash last week.
Utah figure skaters mourn friends killed in D.C. plane crash
She has seen many things as the competition director of Salt Lake Figure Skating — a non-profit club for figure skaters in Utah — but has never dealt with a tragedy on this scale. Several members of the figure skating community traveling from Wichita,
NC Skaters hold ice skating vigil for D.C. plane crash victims
Several of the victims were part of the U.S. Figure Skating team. Their deaths hit close to home for members of the ice-skating community nationwide. A little outside Charlotte, in Indian Trail, a moment of silence was held for the ice-skating victims.
Hosting US Figure Skating event was a win for Wichita. Now marred by tragedy, city mourns
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For Wichita Ice Skaters, Excitement Over National Competition Turns to Horror
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Who won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita? See the top results
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national ...
‘Our whole skating future.’ A generation of youth inconsolable after deadly plane crash
I’ve got all these little voices on the other end of the phone calling me sobbing. ... Kids normally think old people die, ...
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Triangle figure skating community mourns those killed American Airlines jet, Black Hawk collision
U.S. figure skating athletes, coaches, parents and children were on the American Airlines flight when it collided with an ...