did you see jenny and vadim and their son max? yeah, i did. i saw jenny and vadim. i saw vadim from a distance and waved to him on sunday. and then that was right before i gave away the awards for the men's ceremony. and maksim 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, as you saw from the 1998 footage and tv shows of touring and tv shows, 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. you could you could have picked anyone for that skating special here in san francisco, 1998. why pick them? was it because of their magnetism on the ice and off the ice? you know, good question, raj. i've never been asked that, but because i really like them as people and i felt like they would be great cast members, but they were all always spectacular skaters as well. like i said, w

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you knew evgenia, you knew vadim and their son, maxim. had just placed fourth at the championships. you presented the award to him. it's just absolutely devastating. tell us about them. >> yeah, i mean devastating. i mean, not only were they the mom and dad, yevgenia and vadim, really talented skaters, but they were great people. they were people producing champions of our future in boston. and i can't say enough about them as people. and like i said, i've been i've been thinking just all day about maxim. i gave him his award at the national figure skating championships on sunday, and he has just been consuming my mind, just, you know, just sending all my thoughts out to him. and i sent a message through the ceo of boston skating club, doug zakheim, to tell him, please, if there's anything that i can do, i'm here. >> you're familiar with these development camps which help grow the future stars of figure skating. how big of a loss is this for the sport? >> this. this is a huge loss for the sport. and also it's a huge loss. you know, this i

talk to us about vadim. and you know, what they did with the probably generations now of skaters that they worked with. >> yes. uh. >> we we know almost. >> all of their. skaters that they taught. they taught. many different levels of skaters. they were the kind of people that they would give their time to. everyone that would ask for help in skating. some techniques. and, uh, we know that they raised, uh, champions in the united states and, uh, other international skaters. they have been traveling to, uh, world championships and nationals for many, many years. and uh, recently we saw them in wichita just a few days ago. and is, uh, it was an again, back to normal conversations, very friendly. we gave them a hug and asked them how they're doing, and, uh, we're hoping that the competition goes well. uh, wish best of luck to maksim, their son. we know their son. we worked on the ice with their son and helped him grow, uh, over the years. uh, in just receiving this news in the morning was, uh, completely devast

. >> 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 samuel lilly, who was copiloting that american airlines flight. his family saying he was newly engaged and just months away from being promoted to captain. >> he was so young and he was excited about life and his future and getting a dog and a house and kids, and it's just this is just tragic. >> he was very passionate for flying. he loved it. he was really good at it. >> the family of ian epstein, one of the flight attendants on board, telling abc news. ian epstein was full of life. he loved being a flight attendant, but his true love was his family. justina bair and her 12 year old daughter brielle, another skater, w

in the dock, three defence lawyers — alexei liptser, vadim kobzev and igor sergunin.y. now they were on trial... ..on extremism charges. "guilty", said thejudge. the punishment — prison terms of up to five and a half years for passing on messages from mr navalny when he was in jail. applause from their supporters, who dismissed this trial as politically motivated. the lawyers reply — "thank you for being here". from their defence team, andrei orlov tells me it's an unprecedented outcome that will have consequences for legal defence in russia. it's nearly one year since alexei navalny died in a remote penal colony. he was the kremlin�*s fiercest critic. his family, his comrades, say he was murdered. the russian authorities deny any involvement in his death but continue to pressure his associates. towards the end of this trial, one of the lawyers convicted today, vadim kobzev, addressed thejudge and summed up in one sentence what has been happening here. "we are on trial", he said, "for passing on the thoughts of alexei navalny." but it's notjust mr navalny�*s lawyers w

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whether he was in his from the adults running the club to the smallest they alljust adored him. and vadim 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, freezing waters. that will freezing waters. that 14.11!!— it freezing waters. theta-gill— it is resume, it is expected, possibly at they sessiélg at dagliaht; theg have ~ ~

and vadim has always been at his back, and he's always been there to, um, just to to be there for max and and this, this one's really hard. >> yeah. i think it's hard for everyone to to even fathom. and please tell them we're thinking of him and praying for him and just devastated watching, watching this disaster and learning about it. adam. but thank you for for taking this moment to come on and talk about them and, and their proudest legacy with us of course. >> thank you for having me. >> also here tonight is 2002 olympic figure skater, gold medalist sarah hughes is joining me now. and sarah, just hearing adam talk about, you know, that he was a choreographer for maxim and knew his parents so well. it's very clear to everyone how tight knit the skating community is and just how much everyone is reeling from from the devastation here with this collision and the aftermath of this, with no survivors. >> i mean. >> it's absolutely. >> heartbreaking. and seeing adam just now. >> um, you. >> know, it's. >> it's really hard and it's hard to put into. words and to. >> think that, you know,

athletes, this will have long reaching impacts for our skating community. couple yevgenia shishkova and vadimeted at the olympics. in boston since 2017. the loss of their athletes, and spoke of their unimaginable the main lesson i think learned in skating is you get back up. even when it's hard, you get back up. even when you're crying, hurt, in pain, you get back up and move forward. please join us now in a moment of silence, as we think- of those who have been lost and their loved ones. - as the sport reflects on lives and talent taken too soon. laura scott, bbc news. in a news conference thursday morning at the white house, for the crash victims. and claimed without evidence that �*diversity programmes' at the faa contributed to the crash. later in the afternoon afternoon, trump signed an executive order, directing the faa to assess what he care what race they are. all i am talking about is competence, and we want in that particular position, we have to have the most about lives. level as the aeroplane. the plane was at 300 400 feet, or the plane should have been stopped, or the helicopter

his infectiousness orjust like his, you know, home club in boston, was just loved by everyone, and vadimntial memorandum... we don't care what race they are. we want the most competent people, especially of national tragedy. of the deadliest air crashes in recent us history. merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. with the helicopters and the planes at the time of the crash. of air traffic around washington, dc, that is one of the staffing is increased. that is something that investigators are going airlines crew was also told to change runways here at reagan international airport right before landing of course, we are now beginning to learn more and the helicopter. just simply tragic. that plane travelling back from wichita, kansas. a number of really young promising figure skaters. their parents were coaches. on board that helicopter was just 29 years old, he leaves behind a wife and a one—year—old child. the integration between the aircraft has be sound aircraft has to be very sound and appears is where we and it appears that is where we have had a breakdown of separation in this instanc

um, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. they are in their own right. legendary skaters. what does that loss mean to your community? >> uh. we lost. >> parents. >> they were like. >> parents to the rink. >> they. >> their students were like their kids. >> they devoted. >> their lives. >> to their sport, to this sport. they absolutely loved this sport. and to to lose them is. >> it's like losing your parents. that's the best. >> way. >> to put it. >> they were unbelievable skaters. unbelievable for watching newsnight. cnn's coverage continues with laura coates right now. >> an urgent search for answers. >> crash, crash, crash. this is where three. >> the deadliest plane crash on american soil in nearly 24 years. >> 67 people are presumed dead. >> a desperate search in near freezing cold water. >> bodies of more than 40 people have so far been recovered. >> not sure how to process it. >> students and parents world champion figure skaters. >> i picture them right here. >> there are a lot of people hurting today. we will help find out what happened. >> one controller working

. >> their mothers were also on the plane, along with two coaches, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov from boston, seen here winning the 1994 world figure skating pairs championship. >> i really. can't believe that it. >> happened. because i picture them. >> right. >> here. the coaches always stood at that entrance. the skaters just flew all. >> over the ice doing remarkable. >> things, inspiring. >> all of us. >> they were just a handful of a larger group of skaters on american eagle flight 5342. >> 14 skaters returning home from the national development camp at wichita, kansas, put on by u.s. figure skating, were lost in the plane crash. >> the russian couple's son, maksim, returned home on an earlier flight, just medaled at the u.s. men's figure skating championship over the weekend. an eerie silence at the wichita ice center as the magnitude of the loss keeps growing. a mourner left a simple tribute on the bare ice days after an intense three day training took place here. >> there are some of my daughter's best friends. >> one of the crash victims was playing a video game with thi

now, married couple and world champion russian skaters yevgeniya shishkova and vadim naumov, who are sara lee bess' husband, daniel, said she was kind and hardworking, whilst elizabeth keys died on her birthday. now this is 28—year—old sam lilly. and engaged to be married. virginia resident ian epstein was a flight attendant on the plane. his family said the 53—year—old was known for his ability to make people smile. now we know that there were three military personnel on board they included andrew eaves — he was one of the pilots — his wife, carrie, paid tribute, saying, "we ask that you pray for our family and friends, and for all the other families that are suffering today". now, we have mentioned just a few of those who lost their lives in the crash. who are grieving today. it's been a complex, divisive process with vast political last year's anniversary was marked with a government report outlining what it saw as the the benefits of brexit. ben chu reports. on the 31st of january, 2020, the uk left the european union. has affected britain. and customs union. exports have grown.

entre las vÍctimas fatales estaban los ex campeones mundiales de patinaje artÍstico de 1994, vadim naumov porque es muy difÍcil lo que le acaba de pasar. >> spencer y spencer layne, un jovencito a quien le auguraban un futuro brillante en el patinaje. su madre, molly laine, lo acompaÑaba. todos regresaban a casa despuÉs de una jornada de entrenamiento para jÓvenes de alto nivel en wichita, kansas. ina volians, la medallista de bronce de la Época de la uniÓn soviÉtica, tambiÉn estaba a bordo. >> not sure how to process it. >> nancy kerrigan, una ex patinadora y campeona nacional de estados unidos, dijo estar devastada. >> them well and like the families the courage and the strength to make the next step. >> ademÁs de brielle beller, una patinadora de tan solo 12 aÑos de edad, su mamÁ iba con ella. >> skating is a very close and tight nyt community. >> el director del club de patinaje al que pertenecÍan asegurÓ que es una pÉrdida inmensa, ya que todos son una gran familia. en el fatÍdico vuelo tambiÉn iba wendy joe schaffer. sus amigos la describen como una mamÁ amorosa y dedicada a sus dos

. >> could you reflect on vadim and zhenya? >> what kind of. >> coaches they were, and would you work with them? >> i, i never worked with them. >> i mean, we were at the olympics together, but 94, i was. >> kind of busy. >> myself and. >> sort of separated from a lot. >> of what. >> was going on. >> but, i mean, i've seen them. >> a. >> lot of times. >> here and there. over the. >> years, but everything you've heard of them, like maybe being a little tough but with. >> a. >> smile on their face and like all anytime i walked in. oh, hi. it's so good to see you. it's like always welcoming and happy to see one another. and, like, just. >> to think, to walk in. >> here and not see. >> that is i think would be very strange for everybody that comes here, especially those that are here day in and day out. and it's going to be hard. and i. >> always feel. >> like, what am i doing? i don't come to the skating club. all the. >> time, but it was. >> the only place i thought i should be right now. i did. >> not expect this. >> it's deadly

. >> vadim naumov. >> evgenia shishkova and alexander kirsanov.ery. >> sorry for your loss and. >> i thank you for being. >> with us, melissa. >> you just heard what scott had. >> to say. >> he can't wrap his. >> head around this. >> how do you even begin to try? i don't think that there's a way that we can. >> you know. >> wrap our head around it. you know, we all are shook by this. i know we are ourselves, too. we were also in wichita last week and flew home less than a week before. so for us, we keep thinking it could have been any of us on that flight. we were there with our children and with our skaters. and just to think about the tragedy that happened to those children and coaches and parents and just everybody involved is just it's chilling and it's scary. and i think we're deeply saddened. the whole community is going to feel this for a long time. >> and dennis, i know you knew vadim. >> and evgenia for. almost 30 years. >> i think you and alexander have been friends since you were teenagers. >> i don't want them to be. >> just a name. >>

they alljust adored him. and vadim naumov were both coaches from the community and victims of the crashold 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 looks re happened? i think it looks pretty clear _ happened? i think it looks pretty clear that _ happened? i think it looks pretty clear that the - are??? def that the ' " crew took helicopter crew took responsibility for the separation from the airliner and clearly fai

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 a long and tough negotiations, the airport has resolved the contrac

evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. they are in their own right. legendary skaters. what does that loss mean to your community? >> uh. >> we lost. >> parents. they were like parents to the rink. they. >> their students were like their kids. >> they devoted their lives to their sport, to the sport they absolutely loved the sport. and to to lose them is. it's like losing your parents. that's the best way to put it. they were unbelievable skaters. unbelievable coaches and nothing but excellency was expected from them. and that's what they gave. >> and you can watch more of our interview on news night page at cnn.com. and thank you for watching news night, cnn's special coverage of the mid-air collision over the potomac continues next. >> and good evening. tonight we are coming to you from ronald reagan national airport in virginia. less than 24 hours after a sickening tragedy, the deadliest plane crash in the u.s. in nearly a quarter century. a short time ago, we learned that one of the flight recorders aboard the american airlines plane, known as the black box, has bee

vadim naumov and evgenia shishkova. >> phenomenal coaches.re 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 brought to us here in boston. they had very high standards, but they were just the kindest, most professional. and gentle folks. their skaters just adored them. >> so. >> so heartbreaking to know, too, that their son, who you just talked about, had gotten on an earlier flight. thank god he survived, but he lost both of his parents in this incident. so much loss, so much heartbreak there. and boston skating is a club with a storied history. you mentioned nancy kerrigan. we saw her in that piece. and tara lipinski, what kind of loss is this for the broader figure skating community? >> it's, as. >> i said, it's. >> heartening to. >> know that the entire global community is feeling this. i think

entre las vÍctimas fatales estaban los ex campeones mundiales de patinaje artÍstico de 1994, vadim naumov, molly laine, lo acompaÑaba. todos regresaban a casa despuÉs de una jornada de entrenamiento para jÓvenes de alto nivel en wichita, kansas. ina volians, la medallista de bronce de la Época de la uniÓn soviÉtica, tambiÉn estaba a bordo. >> not sure how to process it. >> nancy kerrigan, una ex patinadora y campeona nacional de estados unidos, dijo estar devastada. >> them well and like the families the courage and the strength to make the next step. >> ademÁs de brielle b beyer, ua patinadora de tan solo 12 aÑos de edad, su mamÁ iba con ella. >> skating is a very close and tight nyt community. >> el director del club de patinaje al que pertenecÍan asegurÓ que es una pÉrdida inmensa, ya que todos son una gran familia. en el fatÍdico vuelo tambiÉn iba wendy joe schaffer. sus amigos la describen como una mamÁ amorosa y dedicada a sus dos niÑos pequeÑos. el capitÁn jonathan campos, de 34 aÑos, quien naciÓ en nueva york pero creciÓ en la florida, y el primer oficial, samuel lilly, el padre d

. >> reporter: also on board, skating coaches and former world champions evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. they leave behind their son max, a skater hoping to qualify for the winter olympics next year. brielle beyer was only 12 years old, her mother justyna magdalena beyer also on the plane. >> she was really talented and my inspiration. >> you spoke to that d.c. fire chief today. i'm curious, talk about the moment they got to the scene. >> he told us when they came out here, they had hope they would find survivors. but after several hours they were searching, they found no survivors. they said the water was too dark, it was too cold. nobody could have survived that. now the recovery option is taking a little bit longer. some victims may be trapped or they may not have located them just yet. >>> tonight, the ntsb has 50 people on the ground here at reagan national airport, beginning what will likely become a very long investigation. tom costello reports now on what might have gone wrong. >> reporter: tonight, a source tells nbc news a preliminary faa report on the mid-air crash ind

a courtjust outside moscow sentenced vadim kobzev, alexey liptser and igor sergunin, who were arrested23, to prison sentences ranging from three and a half to five and a half years in a trial conducted behind closed doors. mr navalny�*s anti—corruption foundation was declared an extremist organisation by the russian authorities in 2021. mr navalny collapsed and died in a remote siberian jail in last february. that breaking news just coming into us from russia. levels of the most significant planet—warming gas in our atmosphere, carbon dioxide, rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year. that's according to a study from the uk's met office which has warned that co2 at current levels are incompatible with the target of keeping global temperatures below 1.5 degrees. concentration of c02 are now 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounnts of fossilfuels. last year was the hottest on record with global temperatures 1.6 degrees above pre—industrial levels. we've been speaking to dr pep canadell who's a chief research scientist at the commonwealth scientific an

the two coaches known to be on board were married couple yevgenia shishkova and vadim naumov, who, in 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 that a quarter of all passengers might have been involved in figure skating. even when it's hard, you get back up. even when you're crying, hurt, in pain, you get back up and move forward. and talent taken too soon. laura scott, bbc news. merlyn thomas. we from the ntsb that black boxes have been what tiiiét. 1511355337? hag??? " 7 7 7 7 what more tiiiét. 151135533727 3355??? 77 7 7 7 7 what more can you recovered. whatmore can you us? recovered..what.mo .. . us? tell us? yes, we heard in the last few minutes _ tell us? yes, we heard in the last few minutes that - tell us? yes, we heard in the last few minutes that black i last few minutes that black boxes from both �*the planes boxes from both of the planes that were in the fatal crash have been and those he been. emeed and “mar , ~~~ ~ , , basically data are basically flight data recorder

community tell me those on board include this couple, the 1994 world champion paris ice skating team, vadim naumov and yevgeniya shishkova. they worked as coaches. fortunately, their adult son, who's also an ice skater, was not on that flight. >> i mean, i admire them so much. they were world champions and they coach a lot of top skaters. everybody is just in a state of shock. >> although it's still really soon and everyone is still grieving, a lot of us want to somehow help. >> liu says u.s. figure skating is working on starting an emergency fund to help the victims families. community members say the crash victims come from the skating club of boston and ashford ice house in virginia, near washington, d.c. everyone i spoke with tells me they are one family. amber lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> and just a reminder here you can monitor the developments of this tragic plane crash by downloading the fox local app to your phone and smart tv. there, you can also find coverage from our sister station in washington, dc. new at 11 san francisco police made dozens of arrests during an operation focuse

los patinadores artÍsticos rusos, los ex campeones mundiales, evgenia cizkova y vadim naumov estabanr sede del campeonato de patinaje artÍstico por primera vez. por otro lado, en tierra en el aeropuerto, familiares de los otros pasajeros tambiÉn los llena la incertidumbre. como este hombre, quien perdiÓ comunicaciÓn con su esposa minutos antes de aterrizar el aviÓn. >> that they're landing in twenty minutes shows a text message that you've got from here. landing and twenty minutes the rest of my text it didn't um, did not get delivered. that's when i realized something maybe be up. >> imagine usted el impacto de este hombre al perder comunicaciÓn minutos antes de que aterrizara este aviÓn. terrible vuelo para tratar de comprender cuÁles pudieron ser las causas de este trÁgico accidente. estamos en vivo con luis quiÑones. Él es piloto y experto en aviaciÓn. cuÉntanos un poco quÉ pudo haber causado este accidente. dicen las autoridades que es el mÁs mortÍfero en 24 aÑos. >> sÍ, es una pena que tenemos un rÉcord tan bueno y se nos viene a destruir de esta manera. y nuestros pesares por

. >> 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 air traffic controller was doing the job of two people. our lauren toms spoke with one controller in the bay area and looked at staffing levels. >> reporter: the unimaginable crash of a passenger a

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 the early morning hours? well, the good news, marcus, is no. we're told by the spokesperson here at sfo that ther

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 at least, 29-year-old ryan o'hara. he is survived by a

. >> i woke up to, you know, being told that my two friends, zhenya and vadim, were on the plane. >> the bay area's own olympian, brian boitano, mourning the loss of two of his friends, along with 12 other figure skaters aboard this fateful american airlines flight wednesday night. >> they were 1994 world champions i did here in san francisco, did a tv special that i invited them to do with me at the yerba buena gardens to open the rink. in 1998. >> the gold medalist, remembering his friends fondly. >> just an incredible couple, great skaters, great champions, great mentors. aside from the skating thing, fantastic people. just warm and helpful and nice and kind. >> the skaters were returning from a national development camp following the u.s. championships in wichita, kansas. among the victims, teenagers skating out of a historic club in boston. >> it's hard to believe that jenna was only 13. 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. >> the club's ceo her

also on board skating coaches and former world champions zhenya shishkova and vadim naumov back in 1998peared alongside san francisco gold medalist brian boitano for the grand opening of the yerba buena skating rink in the city. itano 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 grereat 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 comes the politics of it all. after extending condolences to the victims families, president trump quickly pivoted, suggesting without evidence that democratic da policies at the faa and military may have co

han's mother, jin, and lane's mother, christine, were on also the plane, along with coaches vadim naumovenia 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 i back up. keep on trying. and 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. f

. >> i woke up to, you know, being told that my two friends, zhenya and vadim, were on the plane. >> the bay area's own olympian, brian boitano, mourning the loss of two of his friends, along with 12 other figure skaters aboard this fateful american airlines flight wednesday night. >> they were 1994 world champions i did here in san francisco, did a tv special that i invited them to do with me at the yerba buena gardens to open the rink. in 1998. >> the gold medalist, remembering his friends fondly. >> just an incredible couple, great skaters, great champions, great mentors. aside from the skating thing, fantastic people. just warm and helpful and nice and kind. >> the skaters were returning from a national development camp following the u.s. championships in wichita, kansas. among the victims, teenagers skating out of a historic club in boston. >> it's hard to believe that jenna was only 13. 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. >> the club's ceo her

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 collision, of course, remains unclear. tonight the ntsb says flight conditions were clear last night and the jet coming from wichita was making a routine landing. kron four's. dan kerman has the very latest on the investigation. >> national transportation safety board. investigators are jus

were on board the plane including two coaches, the 1994 paris role champions evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov have been training young skaters in the u.s. for years. >> when you lose coaches like this you lose the future of the sport. >> secretary of defence providing details about the training mission involving those on the black hawk helicopter. >> the young captain, staff sergeant and the chief officer. routine annual retraining of night flights on a standard corridor for a continuity of government mission. >> the cadet leaves behind his wife, and a 1-year-old son, also on board chief warren and officer andrew eves, his wife asked for prayers. as for those on the plane, sam lilly was the flights first officer and the son of an army veteran. montreal native and flight attendant was a father, stepfather and husband. his family says, he died doing what he loved. one passenger on the plane was a mother leaves behind two young children, her husband described her as quote, a truly amazing woman through and through. he said she was the best wife, mother and friend that anybody could ever h

pictures, and if we pull up the coaches, and this is what we know about the copes, evgenia shishkova and vadimaumov, 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 wichita concluded on sunday with the men's event. he was actually on a plane on monday. i came back with him. he had no reason to stay at the national development camp. both of his parents were with him while he was competing. it's well known mom was always too nervous to watch him skate. but his dad was with him and dad was in the kiss and cry sharing his great performance. >> feel like, what do you say when you hear that? this poor kid in his 20's, and comes back and thinks he's going to see his parents in boston, and finds out they die

. >> on vadim. >> and zhenya? >> what kind of coaches they. >> were. >> and did. >> you work. >> with them? i, i never worked with them. i mean, we were at the olympics together, but 94, i was kind of busy, uh, myself and sort of separated from a lot of what was going on. but, i mean, i've seen them a lot of times here and there over the years, but everything you've heard of them, like maybe being a little tough but with a smile on their face and like any time i walked in. oh, hi. it's so good to see you. it's like, always welcoming and happy to see one another. and, like, just. to think, to walk in here and not see that is i think would be very strange for everybody that comes here, especially those that are here day in and day out. and it's it's going to be hard and i always feel it. what am i doing? i don't come to the skating club all the time, but it was the only place i thought i should be right now. i did not expect this, it's deadly. i'm not sure, but, uh, but we just wanted to be here with each other. and

hahn and spencer lane, their mothers, jin hahn and christine lane, and coaches yevgenia shishkova and vadimnaumov. 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. >> of shock and try

world champion russian figure skaters were also on board, and that includes evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. the married couple won the pairs world championships in 1994. russian skating coaches are also said to be among the victims. nothere are many rapid developments unfolding on the recovery efforts and investigation this morning as we get updates. stay with us for the latest and you can stay up to date by downloading our app. it is free and available on all smart devices. we are also following breaking news in the middle east. hamas is releasing more hostages who were kidnaped during the october 7th attacks on israel. today in the bay's bob redell joins us live this morning. and bob, the israeli prime minister, is condemning the way in which some of those hostages have been released. correct. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned the, quote, shocking scenes during the release of hostages, including that of agam berger. she's a 20 year old israeli soldier who was paraded in front of a large group of people, including armed hamas militants, as she was released ear

vadim naumov, a coach with the skating club of boston. it wasn't the first time for the skating club of boston to suffer such a tragedy. the director of the skating club of boston, doug zugibe, said this earlier today. >> to the best of our knowledge, 14 skaters returning home from the national development camp at wichita, kansas, put on by u.s. figure skating, were lost in the plane crash at washington, d.c. of those 14 skaters, six were from the skating club of boston, two coaches, two teenage athletes, and the athletes moms. 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. sadly, this isn't the first time this club has experienced a tragedy like this. it's now a ways back. but in 1961, the entire world team of u.s. figure skating and route to the world championships in prague was lost in a plane crash in belgium. almost half of everybody on board that plane we

if the geniuses cobra and vadim not cove, who were also killed in that crash. they were a married couple with a son wasn't on that flight. they were 2 time olympians and former world champions who skated together as a pair. the jet helicopter crash in dc is lot of travelers feeling anxious about frying kron four's. sara stinson talked with health experts about ways you can cope if you're stressed about 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 this deadly crash hits too close to home. well, i i fly to dc a lot. so it's kind of scene. >> putin is perspective like it can happen any time. so how is actually coping with this new flight anxiety? i don't know. i'm probably grab a drink. you can try to relax a little bit. clinical psychologist dr jen douglas says, well, commerci