There is a couple of 16 -year -old skiers, their mothers and Russian coaches among the victims of the deadly atmosphere in Washington, DC, a “horrific tragedy” that has cast a shadow across the ice ski world.
These six victims, who included teenagers Spencer Lin and Jenna Han, participated in the ski club in Boston.
“Skipping on the ice is a society very close and narrowly interrelated … I think all of us, we have lost our family,” said Doug Zigabi, CEO of the club, on Thursday.
The group was returning from a development camp for young skiers who were held in relation to skiing championships in the last United States in Whitchta, Kansas.
US officials do not expect any survivors of the deadly accident between a commercial plane and a military helicopter in Washington, DC on Wednesday evening.
Twenty -eight bodies of the scene have been recovered so far.
It is believed that at least 14 passengers on a landing plane have participated in this sport.
Ski skiing in the United States, the ruling body of sports, confirmed that “many athletes, coaches and family members participating in this sport were on the trip.
He did not respond to the BBC's request to confirm an additional list of skiers and their family on board.
The National Transport Safety Council achieves multiple factors because it is looking for the cause of the accident.
Rescuers will continue to search for frozen waters in the Botomac River, where the remains of both planes remain. Sixty -four people were on US Airways flight and three on the helicopter.
In addition to the unknown total number of skiers, limited information about passengers and flight crews appeared on board.
Dilayer University said that Sasha Kirnanov, a former university coach, died in the accident.
“We believe that two young skiers who were members of the UD ice club in UD were on the plane,” the university president said in the statement.
Other clubs, including the Philadelphia Ski Club, the Human Society, and the Ski Club in North Virginia, have made statements that they were destroyed due to the loss, but they did not reveal the names of any victims.
Inna Fuliskaya, a former skate of the Soviet Union, was on the trip, according to the Russian News Agency.
Others who lost from Mr. Zigaby Boston club were Christine Lynn and Jane Han, mothers of young skiers, and Russian coaches Yivgenia Shishkova and Vadim Numov.
“We are completely destroyed by the words,” Mr. Zegabi, emotional, told the media from the club on Thursday.
Spencer Lin described the future of skiing, a miracle that was “escalating” to the top of his sport.
“Natural blessing, beauty, ice and speed,” said Spencer.
“I haven't seen someone who came to him very quickly, naturally.”
Mr. Zigabi said that both Spencer and Jenna Han are “leaders” in the club.
He said Gina was “serious competition, but it is very nice to it.” “She was loved by everyone.”
Shipkova and Nauv coaches were retired from Russian husbands who won the world championship in 1994. They also competed in the Olympic Games, and they continued to train in the United States.
Mr. Zigabi said that the husband was “high standards.” “But they were very kind.”
Behind their 24 -year -old son, Max, who continued his parents in skiing.
Nancy Kerigan, the Olympic medal and a graduate of the ski club in Boston, came to pay her respect for the husband.
“I have not seen anyone who loves skiing as much as these two, and for this reason I think he hurts a lot,” she said.
“As everyone says here, I'm not sure how to treat it.”
For many in the skiing world, a plane crash on Wednesday carries an annoying similarity to another killer accident: a plane in 1961, which witnessed the 18 -person skiing team on the United States on their way to the World Championships in Prague.
Mr. Zigabi said that it took decades to recover from the sport from that loss.
“I have reached long traces,” he said. “When you use coaches like this, lose the future of sports as well.”