spencer lane was only 16. gina hahnus 13. the two, along with their moms, christine lane and jen hahn, were returning from an elite training camp for top young athletes. gina, seen here competing for u.s. figure skating. >> we watched gina just grow up here from just a tiny little tyke into this amazingly mature 13 year old, a great performer, a great competitor, and off the ice, a great kid. >> with these kids. we they are leagues ahead of us. when we were their age. >> seeing gina and spencer develop so quickly on ice, we just can't see them grow every day. >> their coaches and figure skating world champions jenna shishkova and vadim naumov were also among the victims. >> it's not just losing training mates, it's not just losing friends. but it truly feels like you're losing family members because we're not going to be able to see them every day anymore. >> those touched by this tragedy now trying to make sense of it all. >> this is our time. god, that you are calling us. among the other victims, 28 year old first officer sa

the victims from the passenger flight were from all over spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfromd, and his mother, christine lane, ability tojust go, whether he was in his from the adults running the club to the smallest they alljust adored him. and vadim naumov were both coaches from the community and victims of the crash. 28—year—old sam lilley has been identified as one of one of the pilots of the american airlines flight. "my heart is breaking," he wrote in a facebook post. flight has since emerged. second, for your signature, we have a presidential- memorandum... we don't care what race they are. and you know, you're talking about extremely complex things. and if they don't have a great brain, a great power of the brain, they're not going to be very good of national tragedy. for now, communities are grieving what is one merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. can you the scene live at the fiiithefihflof atzreagan airport. the scene of crash, the potomac river, recovery efforts have where recovery efforts have caused because been caused because conditions are so hazardous. dark, f

with her said that she was amazingly mature and already showed olympic potential. 16 year-old spencer lane was also on that flight. lane is a native of barrington, rhode island. he had just taken part in his first professional show in december, mothers and lane were also aboard. both teenagers were coached by professional skaters evgeni cove. a and vadim off who were killed in the crash as well. they were a married couple with a son who was not on the flight. they were 2 time olympians and former world champions who skated together as a pair. >> tonight, spencer lane's father is speaking through his grief. not only did he lose his son, but as dan just mentioned, his wife was also on that flight. >> it's really just kind of a force of nature and 3 years ago, sot nathan chen in the olympics. cited, hey, i could do that. and christine is you know, just a beautiful, creative person. she is someone who just has many different talents. she's began a career as a graphic designer is amazing. that photography, she creates quilts and a little shed over there. >> heartbreaking mayor. the cause of the

with their mothers jin han and christine lane. >> spencer was a crazy kid, incredibly talented. jenna, just a wonderful kid, wonderful parents, great athlete, great competitor, loved by all. >> reporter: two esteemed club coaches, married couple ever gina evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov were also on board. >> when you lose coaches like this, you lose the future of the sport. >> reporter: the skating club of boston lost 18 members in 1961 in another plane crash en route to the world championships in prague. >>> the disaster is putting a spotlight on air traffic controllers and what they do to keep us safe. >> and i can tell you that being an air traffic controller was probably the most stressful job that i have ever had. >> we talked to one former controller about his experience and the common request that could at least partially explain the crash. >>> and a mother is still waiting to get justice for her 5-year-old daughter nearly two years after her shooting death, why she's hoping things will change under a new d >>> back to the airline disaster in d.c., the faa said one ai

spencer lane and gina hahn. spencer lane had just posted yesterday to his instagram account, just proudly demonstrating his moves on the ice rink and then hours later, posted a photo from inside that doomed jet prior to takeoff. and it's that juxtaposition, that reality that is so jarring, not just for the victims families, but for really everyone across the country, which, as we heard from the ntsb, why it's so important that they get this investigation right, that they establish facts, that they come up with conclusions. a probable cause for this crash so that it will never happen again. nicole. >> let me stay with your reporting. >> on the victims. >> this is some. >> sound from. local nbc news. about a skating coach. >> about who. >> some. >> of these kids were. >> there's a lot of kids from ashburn, and they're. i mean, most of them are under 12 years old. there's three boys that i know that just like my male skater dealing with that, it's just it's hard enough seeing that. >> and then. >> the two girls fro

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brimming with enthusiasm at a training camp for the figure among them the teenager spencer lane, a regionalagically, what many within the figure skating community had feared — that he had been on board flight 53122. so too had fellow skaterjinna han. which has been left reeling. and the athletes�* moms. for our skating community. the two coaches known to be on board were married couple who, in 1994, won world championship they'd been helping to develop young skaters in boston since 2017. tonight, two more clubs said they were mourning the loss might have been involved in figure skating. you keep on trying. you get back up and move forward. it's not easy, but that's what we all have to do now together. and talent taken too soon. around the world and across the uk. let's look at some other stories making news. the driver of a car that crashed into a school in wimbledon in southwest london, killing two eight—year—old girls, has been released on bail pending further investigations. on tuesday on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. the bishop of liverpool has announced his retiremen

spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode island, and his mother, christine lane, tojust gohe was in his home club in boston, was just loved by everyone, from the adults running are, you know, competing for a shot at the olympics. they alljust adored him. of one of the pilots of the american radio chatter. traffic control may have been short staffed. hires for the fatal crash without providing any evidence. we want the most competent people. we want the most competent people, especially in those positions. his critics have accused him of politicising a moment of national tragedy. for now, communities are grieving what is one of the deadliest air crashes in recent us history. this is the live in the river, where recovery potomac river, where recovery efforts have been caused because conditions so hard bear. water, dark to bear. freezing water, dark as well. 67 people have died in divers are this accident. divers are their search and pausing their search and efforts because it is recovery efforts because it is simply too to simply too dangerous to at the we will continue at th

lane posted the photo on instagram just before takeoff with a simple caption i to dca. >> spencer lane>> flying with his mother, christine. they had just attended the u.s. figure skating championships and national development camp in wichita. the lanes had reportedly adopted spencer and his brother from south korea. spencer had left high school to pursue a career in figure skating. in december last year, he skated in a show organized by this woman. >> he was just. >> beaming. >> this kid was so talented. >> he'd only started skating. >> a few. >> years ago, and he had all of his triples. he came to me. and, smiling ear to ear, saying. i get it now. i understand. he started to discover this connection with the audience and that joy that he was giving to other people through his gift. he said, please let me skate again with you next year. >> that dream ended just before 9 p.m. wednesday night in the freezing potomac river. lane was part of the skating club of boston, which lost two skaters and their mothers, as well as two coaches in the crash. several other skating clubs around the coun

named six victims, including a pair of teenagers representing the future of the sport. 16 year old spencer lane took first place at the 2025 intermediate eastern sectionals and attended the national development development camp and the u.s. figure skating championships there in wichita. his mother, christine lane, was also killed. jinna han was also on that plane. he was only 13. was described by the executive director of the skating club of boston as a great performer, a great competitor, a great kid. her mom, jean hahn, was also on board. the plane. also killed were evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed twice in the olympics. they represented russia, but moved to the u.s., where they launched successful coaching careers. now, legendary skater nancy kerrigan trained at the skating club of boston as a youth, and she just broke down in tears over the lives that were lost. >> i feel for the athletes, the skaters and their families, but anyone that was on that plane, not just the skaters, um, because it's just such a tragic event a

six members of the boston figure skating club were on board including skater spencer lane and his mom. >> just loved by everyone from the adults running the club to the smallest skaters to the people competing for a shot at the olympics. >> the investigation will include staffing levels in the control tower at reagan national airport. cbs has confirmed there was only one air traffic controller monitoring helicopter and plane traffic last night. it is a job normally done by two people before 9:30 p.m. but a supervisor combined them early. >>> so back here in the bay area, the clock is ticking toward a deadline to keep air traffic controller ins the tower at the san carlos airport. >> reporter: a contract dispute is threatening to leave the san carlos airport without air traffic controllers. davey howard, the spokesperson for the airport, says money is at the center of the dispute. >> they have been in negotiations with rva. to try and work out a deal. >> reporter: the airport was facing a tight deadline. air traffic controllers were threatening to quit by saturday. the san carlos airpo

. >> reporter: the club is mourning the loss of 13-year-old jinna han, and 16-year-old spencer lane, two up-and-coming skaters. han's mother, and lane's mother were also were on the plane along with their coaches. douglas lane lost his wife and his son. >> was just loved by everyone from the adults running the club to the smallest skaters to the people that are, you know, competing for a shot at the olympics. they all just adored him. >> reporter: their russian born coaches, shishkova, and naumov were married. they won the pairs title at the championship in 1994 and competed in the winter olympics twice. their son, maxim, a competitive figure skater for the u.s., not on the plane. >> they grew up in st. petersburg. they learned a traditional style of russian skating and training. that is something they brought here. >> reporter: nancy kerrigan, an alumna of the training facility in boston came here to lend her support. >> the main lesson i think you learn in skating is you get back up, keep on trying. and even when it's hard, you get back up. >> reporter: this is not the first time t

and 16-year-old spencer lane, who was traveling with his mom christine. spencer was known for his jumps, chronicling his progress on tiktok. his final post on instagram, this view from his plane window before takeoff. >> skating is a very close and tight-knit community. it's a close, tight bond. and i think for all of us, we have lost family. >> reporter: also on board, skating coaches and former world champions genia shishkova and vadim naumov. the married couple leaves behind their son, max, a skater hoping to qualify for the winter olympics next year. brielle beyer was only 12 years old, her mom justyna magdalena with her on the plane. remembered today at her home rink in virgrginia. >> she was really talented and they were my inspiration. >> and tom joining me now. you spoke to that d.c. fire chief today. i'm curious, talk about the moment they got to the scene. >> he told me right when they came out here, lester, they had hoped they would find survivors but after several hours they were searching they found no survivors. they said the water was too da

i know spencer's and gina's mothers were also on that flight. christine lanen hahn, i imagine this community is much like one big family. >> there's no doubt. and, you know, we have 1100 members here at the skating club of boston. we are a tight knit community. but what this tragedy has shown to us is just how tight knit the global skating community is. and just hundreds of texts and emails and voicemails from around the world reaching out. just to offer condolences and support and how everybody comes together. and it's across the decades to whether it's tenley albright, nancy kerrigan, or just recently, tara lipinski. it's comforting. >> how do you want people to remember the coaches your club lost? vadim naumov and evgenia shishkova. >> phenomenal coaches. they were what we would call developmental coaches. they took kids from their very first steps on the ice, and they turned them into champions, including their son max. they were raised in saint petersburg, russia. they learned the saint petersburg technique of coaching and skating. that is something they

a little girl and then spencer lane 16 years old.se were such young people with everything in front. in front of them their whole lives. never mind the olympics or other things that skaters like this might have had. they were with their moms. christine brennan said. they called them u.s. figure skating's future. you knew them. i mean, what what do you want everyone to know about them? i mean, their images and their skating will now live forever associated with this this tragedy and loss. but to you, they were just also young people. >> absolutely. these were young kids, i would say, mature beyond their age. it's hard to believe that jenna was only 13. um, her parents and jenna were members of the club for a while. we got to watch up, watch her grow up from a spindly little kid into this, you know, long, lithe, skating beauty at 13, which was just amazing. and i would i would say this to her parents like, i can't believe how much jenna has grown up these past two summers. a great competitor both on and off the ice, but incredibly kind

overnight, the father of 16 year old spencer lane described the moment he realized his wife and son were on that flight and not okay. >> it seemed like the flight had landed, but their phones weren't on and they. >> weren't like popping. >> up anywhere. it just said small. plane in the potomac and i was just like, oh, my god, in. >> my heart just started like. >> exploding out of my. >> chest. >> a horrible realization there. and then you have kia duggins. she's a civil rights attorney and harvard law graduate. she was set to begin a new chapter as howard law professor this fall. we've learned she interned during the obama administration and had a passion for empowering young girls. she started the princess project when she was just 20 years old. after growing up without a disney princess who looked like her and sara lee best and elizabeth ann keys were associates at the same law firm, sara, on the left, remembered for her kindness and her intelligence. elizabeth, for her fearlessness, her humor and sharp wit. elizabeth's family has said it was her birthday, the night that the plane went

>ryan >skaters, 13 year old gina hahn and 16 year old spencer lane, along with their mothers and their rushing coaches, former world champions evgeni shishkova and vadim naumov were all on board. american figure skater brian boitano was friends with the coaching pair. he spoke with cbs mornings from san francisco. >>they were just an incredible, not only great skaters and great representatives of the sport, they were incredible people, just kind and caring. and they were, you know, they had gone into coaching and they were busy creating the next generation of champions for america. >ryan >we'll continue to follow developments in the investigation of the midair collision near washington. stay with us on air on our website at kpix.com. and the free cbs news app. well, just in a bay area airport has narrowly avoided losing all of its air traffic controllers. san carlos airport now contracts with a new company called robinson aviation supply controllers, but the airport's workers threatened to quit by tomorrow if they did not get a new contract with better pay now. k p i x firm the. after

. >> devastating douglas lane. 16 year-old son spencer lane was identified as one of 15 figure skaters on board. his coaches are also on the flight with what for people to russian rule champion skaters are among the 67 victims. really can't believe that it happened. the u.s. figure skating community is grappling with the new for family. others identified in epstein and american airline crew member. 3 soldiers operating the military helicopter also died. lot of people heard and today the trump administration tells us right now it's set up a crisis center in bethesda, maryland to give victims families a place to come together. it's a heartbreak be on major kansas. republican senators roger marshall and jerry moran. >> are working to get answers for people back home. the nonstop flight was heading inbound from wichita, kansas. >> all of us are going to know kansans who've experienced a tragedy that will know them personally know their family members. >> back in the close knit community of wichita leadersw are leaning on prayer because we are one wichita for the family based in rhode islan

we're here to assure the american people we are going to conduct a thorough investigation spencer lane—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode who was 49 years old, were among those killed. his father, douglas lane, spoke to local media. for a shot at the olympics. they alljust adored him. and vadim naumov were both coaches from the community and victims of the crash. 28—year—old sam lilley has been identified as one airlines flight. "my heart is breaking," he wrote in a facebook post. audio recording of the moment there have been multiple reports in us media that air investigators say they are looking into multiple potential factors into the crash and don't yet know the cause. hires for the fatal crash without providing any evidence. we want the most competent people. in those positions. and if they don't have a great brain, a great power merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. let's speak to terry tozer, former airline pilot. terry, do you think more 24 terry, do you think more 2a on might have than 2a hours on might have happened? than 24 hours on might have happened? _ happened? i think it l

that includes athletes gina hahn and spencer lane, their mothers, jean hahn and christine lane, were also killed in the crash, as were coaches gina. rajeev ram and gina shishkova, i should say, and vadim naumov. this morning, the club ceo spoke about the organization's profound loss. skating is a very close and tight knit community. these kids and their parents, they're here at our facility in norwood six, sometimes seven days a week. it's a close, tight bond, and i think for all of us, we have lost family. a note on the coaches from the club who were killed. they are well known in the figure skating community, having won the paris world championships in 1994. in the meantime, the communication workers of america say two of its flight attendants were also on boardas well as four members of the plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters union. well, flights in and out of reagan national airport have resumed after they were halted. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab she is live for us at sfo this midday now. ginger, is there any backup from those flights from the overnight closure into th

among the victims who have been named so far, spencer lane and jinna han traveling with their mothers and two skating couples, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. >> i just broke down. to hear the news in the morning was absolutely heartbreaking knowing it's going to impact a community of skaters. >> it's a shame that the community has to experience this and the potential of several individuals no longer participating. it leaves a void. >> that skating club of boston i mentioned have a tragic history. the club actually lost 18 members in another plane crash back in 1961. they were on their way to the world championships in prague. >>> today the south bay's kristi yamaguchi, skating legend, posted on x, "my heart breaks for my skating community and all involved in this plane crash. too much is still unknown. sending love and prayers." besides the skaters, four members of a maryland-based labor union were on board that flight and a woman returning to d.c. from a work trip to kansas. as for the three soldiers who died on the black hawk helicopter, we now know the name of the crew chief a

with her said that she was amazingly mature and already showing olympic potential 16 year-old spencer lane. also on that flight lane is a native of barrington, rhode island just taken part in his first professional show in december. and the mothers have han and lane were also on that plane and both teenagers were coached by professional skaters getting a coven. and if i deem off who were killed in the crash, they were a married couple with a son who was not on the flight. they were 2 time olympians and former world champions who skated together as a pair. >> the jet helicopter crash in dc has some travelers here in the bay area feeling anxious about flying tonight. kron 4 sarah stinson spoke with health experts about ways to cope with increased stress when taking to the skies. >> people flying across the country on edge one day after a helicopter collided midair with an american airlines passenger plane near dc killing 67 people. i definitely get into nurse today and i usually don't says a weird feeling actually is a frequent flyer traveling for work 2 weeks out of every month. she says th

we're here to assure the american people that we are going to leave no of this entire tragedy, spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode island, and his mother, christine lane, who was 49 years old, his infectiousness, orjust like his, you know, ability to just go, at the olympics, they alljust adored him. "my heart is breaking," he wrote in a facebook post. second, for your signature, we have a presidential memorandum titled... hires for the fatal crash, without providing any evidence. we want the most competent people. we want the most competent people, especially in those positions. things will happen. for now, communities are grieving what is one of the deadliest air crashes in recent us history. as the investigation into what happened continues, as we've been hearing, at least 1a figure skaters died in wednesday night's collision — at the club. we came here because we needed to be we came here because we needed to be we are family, and it is e: -:= 77 and the we re were on people who were on that plane. they . our family, and of the three people onboard the military his train

spencer lane, a 16—year—old figure skaterfrom rhode island, and his mother, christine lane, they alljustary helicopter to avoid the commercial factors into the crash and don't yet know the cause. memorandum... hires for the fatal crash without providing any evidence. we don't care what race they are. we want the most competent people, especially in those positions. and you know, you're talking about extremely complex things. and if they don't have a great brain, a great power for now, communities are grieving what is one of the deadliest air crashes in recent us history. ican i can show the live pictures from washington where the recovery operation has had to be temporarily halted because of the conditions that are there. it's very cold and it's hard for the to it's hard for the teams to search the river. also, you saw in that report that we are starting to get the names of the victims. we have more the victims. we have had more amongst those who have their . . their lives.: f their lives. there was their lives.:there was a lost their lives. there was a police officer, the filipino polic

figure skating team member spencer lane, just 16 years old. he shared this photo from onboard the flight, just before taking off from wichita. and he posted this video of himself skating just yesterday, with the caption, "i am so happy to have qualified for national development camp. it has been my goal since i became aware it was a thing. i learned so much and met so many amazing people." one of his coaches today. >> this kid was soal emen talen. he came to me and -- smiling, ear to ear, saying, i get it now. i understand. he started to discover this connection with the audience and that joy that he was giving to other people through his gift. >> david: tonight, the crash reminding some in the skating community of a 1961 crash that took the lives of 18 members of the national skating team. 16 family members, coaches, judges, and skating officials flying from new york city to the world championships in prague. the crash blamed on mechanical failure. deadly crashes involving commercial aircraft here in the u.s. are extremely rare. the last one

. >> reporter: the club is mourning the of 14-year-old jinna han and 16-year-old spencer lane, two up-and-comingmother, jin, and lane's mother, christine, were also on the plane, along with coaches vadim naumov and evgenia shishkova. douglas lane lost his wife and his son. >> was just loved by everyone from the adults running the club to the smallest skaters to the people that are, you know competing for a spot in the olympics, they all just adored him. >> reporter: their russian-born coaches naumov and shishkova were married. they won the pairs title at the world championship in 1994 and competed in the winter olympics twice. their son, maxim, a competitive figure skater for the u.s., was not on the plane. >> they grew up in st. petersburg. they learned a very traditional russian style of skating and training. that is something they brought here. >> reporter: today, former olympic ice skater nancy kerrigan, an alumna of the skating club of boston, came to the training facility to lend her support. >> the main lesson i think learned in skating is you get back up. keep on trying. and even when it

gina was known for her grace and musicality on the ice. 16 year old spencer lane, who was traveling withr, christine. his final post on instagram. the view from the plane window before takeoff. also on board skating coaches and former world champions zhenya shishkova and vadim naumov back in 1998. the two appeared alongside san francisco gold medalist brian boitano for the grand opening of the yerba buena skating rink in the city. boitano says he just saw the couple when their 23 year old son, maxim, was a top four finisher. u.s. figure skating championships last week. maxim was one of the medalists, so i presented him with an award on sunday. and so, you know, it hits close to home. i have known his parents for years, and they are not only fantastic champions, not only great coaches, but just great people. they were great, amazing people. and they were nurturing and coaching the grassroots level of the young kids who are going to be champions of america tomorrow. boitano told us that he reached out to their son today to offer his support and his condolences. along with the heartbreak co

brimming with enthusiasm at a training camp for the figure among them the teenager spencer lane, a regionalat many within the figure skating community had feared — that he had been on board flight 5342. jinna han. and coaches, according to the skating club of boston, two coaches, two teenage athletes, and the athletes' moms. this will have long reaching impacts for our skating community. they'd been helping to develop young skaters in boston since 2017. athletes, and spoke of their unimaginable grief, amid reports skating. even when it's hard, you get back up. you get back up and move forward. of those who have been lost and their loved ones. - championships in estonia, is the sport reflects on lives and talent taken too soon. lies ahead in the and i want to bring in a wto p anchor expert in train pilot. what do you think the point for this investigation, the key point that they will be looking at based on we know tributes paid today at the european figure skating championships in estonia, is the sport reflects on lives and talent taken too soon. laura scott, bbc news. what lies ahead in th

. >> reporter: the club is mourning the loss of 13-year-old jinna han and 16-year-old spencer lane, twop and coming skaters. han's mother jin and christine were also on the plane along with their children's coaches, vadi naumov and evgenia shishkova. >> loved by everyone from the people running the club to the smallest skaters to people competing for a shot at the olympics, they all adored him. >> reporter: their russian-born coaches shishkova and naumov were married. they won the title in 1994 and completed in the winter olympics twice. their son maxim, a competitive figure skater for the u.s., was not on the plane. >> they grew up in st. petersburg. they learned a very traditional russian style of skating and training. that is something they brought here. >> reporter: former olympic ice skater nancy carrigan, an suppo >> the main thing you learn in skating you get back up and keep trying. even when it's hard, you get back up. >> reporter: this is not the first time tragedy has struck this club. in 1961, the entire 18-member u.s. figure skating team was killed after their plane crashed

spencer lane and jinna han. >> yes, pam, we are getting to learn more about these disciplined and dedicatedoung athletes from the skating club of boston. hahn and her mother were killed along with spencer and his mother, christine lane. and when the community was just hearing about this, just processing this and what this all meant for all of them, they described it as like having your heart starting to explode out of your chest, just the immeasurable level of grief here. spencer is being remembered for being a force of nature who had his eye on the olympics. and then you also think about the parents, right? being a parent of a student athlete, you're also very dedicated. you're going to all of those practices and with your child every step of the way. so this community is being hit very, very hard. we're going to take a listen now to the executive director from the skating club of boston. >> we watched gina just grow up here from just a tiny little tyke into this amazingly mature 13 year old, and we talk a lot about the athletes, but i think we're going to miss their moms as much. just rea

knit family, and you go and you have to be there five days a week and identified as jinna han and spencer lanethese are some of the best skaters in the country, and spencer just started out, and these are excited to be in the skating development camp in wish wichita kansas. >> and spencer is a crazy talented kid and not skating that long and rocketing to the top of the sport. and very fun. very cerebral and, a thinker. sorry about my boston accent. and jinna, wonderful athlete, and great competitor, and loved by all. >> those are the pictures, and if we pull up the coaches, and this is what we know about the copes, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov, and that is them there, and they are world skating champions, and won the world championships in the 90's and came in the early 2000 to take hold of this boston skating group, and their son was in kansas, and this breaks his heard, and he left early, and his parents stayed, and he found out they're not coming home. >> max was competing at the u.s. championships in the senior men event, and placed fourth which is a medaling spot, and his time in wi

like jinna han and her friend spencer lane. both were skaters. ry says, that this helicopter was on a routine nighttime flight proficiency training coming out of nearby ft. bellvoir. as they continue to work to recover the remains of the victims out of the water here, we have thankfully a beautiful blue sky day, the ntsb is focussed on collecting perishable evidence. that includes not only the plane, also the black boxes, the flight data recorder, cockpit recorder, starting the interview with the air traffic controller. they want to hear what they have to say. record their recollections and also review all of the data. they want to do it quickly so they don't let any time lapse. and then your collections start to get a little foggy. that's a priority for them. they will also, of course, join with the military investigators who are going to be part of this because it involves a military chopper. so all of that is where this focus is right now, you guys. >> all right. our senior correspdent tom costello at reagan national. tom, thank you. >>> by the

the skating club of boston remembering their young skaters and coaches who perished including spencer lane who posted this photo to his instagram showing the wing of the american airlines flight on the tarmac before the doomed flight took off. his two russian born coaches died. nancy kerrigan said she knew them and described through tears this impact on young skaters. >> it is always welcoming and happy to see one another and just to think to walk in here and not see that is i think would be very strange for everybody that comes here. >> we'll be bringing you more about the victims of this tragic crash throughout the day. >> dana: important assignment and you are a good one to do it. >> bill: take the viewers back to the area and give you a sense of not just the geography but maybe what the pilots on board that plane were thinking and considering at the time. come on over here a moment. here is the airport, the river we showed you yesterday. the white house is three miles north of the airport. capitol hill to the east and pentagon there. the helicopter, the route we believe it was taking a

skating club of boston spoke out about their young skaters and coaches who perished including spencer lane who posted this photo showing the wing of the american airlines flight on the tarmac before the flight took off. two sisters from another skate club both of them and their parents died. wendy schaefer leaves behind two children just one and three years old. her husband telling fox she was the best wife, mother, and friend anyone could ever hope for. kaya was a law professor at howard university. her friends posting on social media with so many memories about her time in the miss kansas pageant. learning more about ryan o'hara one of the blackhawk pilots whose former military instructor is still stunned. >> immediately reached out to the parents and -- sat and stared at a blank tv screen all yesterday morning. >> this tragedy touches every corner of our country. a kansas based hunting club posted about seven of its members who died in the crash. it seems we're learning more about the victims every single hour. we'll bring it to our viewers. >> harris: some of it we see play out on soci

national championships. 16-year-old spencer lane posted this last tik tok performing a flawless triple> just discover the connection with the audience, the joy that he was giving to other people through his gift. he said, please let me skate again with you next year. >> reporter: the skating phenom also sharing this haunting picture from inside the plane, bound for d.c. just before takeoff. his dad douglas speaking with wcvb about the pain of losing both his son and his wife. >> i just happened to open a news browser and saw a small plane in the potomac. i was just like, oh my god. my heart just started exploding out of my chest. >> reporter: spencer's teammates remembering his raw talent. >> he was a little fire ball. hef a little fire cracker. that's the best way to put it. >> reporter: the club paying tribute to 13-year-old gina hawn seen here competing just last month. >> gina was a very energetic child. whenever you meet her, you met her in the morning, say hi, and you just see this smiling girl. >> reporter: her mother also on the plane along with her coaches, former world champi

member of the skating club of boston, which said six members were on the flight, including young spencer lanend his mother, christine. >> we just wish them well and the families, the courage and the strength to make the next steps. i don't know how you look at people go through tragedies and you wonder how they do it. i don't know, but somehow we have a reservoir to dig from. each one of them are strong enough to get through this somehow. reporter: doug is the club's ceo. >> skating is a very close and tight knit community. these kids and their parents, they are here at our facility in norwood six, sometimes seven days a week. it is a close, tight bond. i think for all of us, we have lost family. reporter: the ntsb says they will have a preliminary report in 30 days, but the final report won't come until the final conclusions are reached. they are still scouring the debris field at the bottom of the potomac for evidence to help in that investigation. of course, the key will be the flight data recorders, so-called black boxes from the helicopter and passenger jet. and officials say a priority

. >> devastating douglas lane. 16 year-old son spencer lane was identified as one of 15 figure skaters on board. his coaches are also on the flight with what for people to russian world champion skaters are among the 67 victims really can't believe that happened. the u.s. figure skating community is grappling with the news for family. others identified in epstein and american airline crew member. 3 soldiers operating the military helicopter also died. there are a lot of people heard. and today the trump administration tells us right now it's set up a crisis center in bethesda, maryland, to give victims families a place to come together. it's a heartbreak be on major candidates. republican senators roger marshall and jerry moran. >> are working to get answers for people back home. the nonstop flight was heading inbound from wichita, kansas. >> all of us are going to know kansans who've experienced a tragedy that will know them personally know their family members. >> back in the close knit community of wichita leaders are leaning on prayer because we one wichita for the family based in

that's spencer lane, he's 16 years old, and gene a that hand, just -- gina han, just 13 years old. of some of our best figure skaters. here's nancy kerrigan speaking about that. >> you don't have to know everybody to feel that connection. we've been through the same thing, that crane -- training, that rigorous schedule of falling over and over and i somehow picking yourself back up. the community's stood behind me, and i'm grateful for that. and so it's my turn now so, please, be here. i want to be able to give back what i feel like i got. lawrence: lauren: the crash was hauntingly similar to a plane crash in belgium 64 years ago that killed the u.s. skating team that was on it. stuart: good heavenningses. lauren: it's awful. stuart:s, indeed. lauren, thank you. >>> coming up, mexico and canada bracing for trump's tariffs. >> i'll be putting the tariff of 25% on canada and, separately, 25% on mexico. and we will really have to do that a because we have very big deficits with those countries. stuart: we are not sure if this is going to include tariffs on canadian oil. but we do know

two of the victims, teenagers, spencer lane and jenna hahn, members of a club in boston, figure skatingb. nancy care again, the former olympian, is an alumni of that club. take a listen to what she in to say about the tragedy. >> when you find out, you know, you know some of the people on the plane, even a bigger blow. we just wish them well. like the families, the courage and the strength to make the next steps. i don't know how you look at people go through tragedies and wonder how they do it. i don't know. we are so strong. >> reporter: now, we are still learning more about the victims and their identities. we understand from officials they have set up a center not far from here for the families of those that were aboard that plane flight. >> and er, what do we know about the ongoing investigation into what went wrong here? i understand there were already previous concerns about flight traffic at this airport, at reagan. >> reporter: yeah, we just heard from the ntsb in their first briefing following this tragedy, saying they are in the very nascent stages of this exhaustive investig

then we have 16 year-old spencer lane. he was also on that flight. he's a native of barrington, rhode island. he just taking part in his first professional show in december. the mothers of both of these teenagers was also on that flight and both of them were coached by professional skaters of. she's cove and the now above. they died in the crash as well. they were a married couple. they had a son, although the child wasn't on the flight with him at the time. they were 2 time olympians and former world champions and they skated together as a pair. >> get into nurse today and i usually don't. i don't know. i'm probably grab a drink. you can try to relax a little bit. >> in the wake of the crash and washington, a lot of people are a little more anxious wary of flying even though this is the nation's first deadly commercial airplane crash since 2009. and if you look at the numbers, you are safer in the skies, then you are on the roads. a harvard study found a one in 11 million chance of dying in an airplane crash compared to a one in 5,000 chance of dyin

young athletes gina hahn and spencer lane, their mothers, jin hahn and christine lane, and coaches yevgeniashishkova and vadim naumov. young skaters, kids as young as 11 from northern virginia, from pennsylvania and elsewhere were also on board. olympic figure skater nancy kerrigan, who was connected to the boston club, became emotional over the community's loss. >> even when you're crying, hurt, pain, you get back up and move forward. it's not easy, but that's what we all have to do now together. >> joining us now, laura mitchell. she is the president of the philadelphia skating club, which lost members in this crash. they're waiting for u.s. figure skating to make those names public. laura, thank you very much. i'm so sorry for the loss of so many people. just how how are you? how is the skating community? how is the entire community doing? >> the. >> it's always. >> difficult to cope. >> with such sudden, unexpected loss. and as you just showed. >> the clip. >> from nancy. >> everyone is. >> is grieving in. different ways. >> but everyone is clearly grieving. we are. in still in a state.