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whether he was in his from the adults running the club to the smallest they alljust adored him. and vadim naumovoaches 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 ~ ~ , ~ 7

this will have long reaching impacts for our skating community. couple yevgenia shishkova and vadim naumov 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 should

infectiousness orjust like his, you know, home club in boston, was just loved by everyone, and vadim naumovemorandum... 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 instance. we h

of yevgeny shishkova and vadim naumov naumov and their son maksim finished fourth. laura in the the men's competition on sunday. so talk about a high high, you know, for a young man to be fourth. that's on the medal podium. he flew back here to dca on monday. his mom and dad, these great russian coaches from the past who moved to the united states when the bottom fell out of the soviet union, came to the u.s. to coach u.s. kids as well as their son, who's an american. they decided to stay for two more days and work with those young developmental skaters. they were on the plane. then on wednesday night, tragically. >> you know, as as so many parents who have their children and what a thrill it must have been for these young people to be in the company of these world champions, to be in the company of these development programs, hoping for a chance at greatness in the field that they love. there were two young people, spencer lane jinna han. they were thought to be really the future of the sport. >> this is exactly of of the many, many parts of this tragedy. this was

. >> 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

christine lane, and figure skating coaches vadim naumov and zhenya shishkova coaches naumov and shishkovare married, won the 1994 world championship as a pair and competed in two winter olympics. >> very nice, whose. >> son max. >> just competed. >> at nationals. >> his parents were his coaches as well as his parents. >> this has split parents from kids and vice versa. >> yeah, it's fractured the community. >> in an. >> emotional press conference, leaders and alumni of the club trying to come to grips with the tragedy, whose impact will be felt far beyond the rink, including former olympic medalist nancy kerrigan. >> 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. >> and for many at the skating club of boston, wednesday's crash bringing back painful memories. more than six decades after competitors from the same club died in a plane crash while traveling to the 1961 world championships. just this cruel. >> coincidence. >> on a cruel irony in that 1961 crash, almost half of all of the victims in some way

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

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

have a special bond to the bay area, former figure skating world champions xenia shishkova and vadim naumov. they were the pairs competition in 1994 and then became coaches. their 23 year old son max competed at the u.s. nationals there in wichita just this month. max was not on the plane with his parents. as for their connection to san francisco. take a look. and all we ask of you is to sit back, enjoy. and remember, this is not a show about hate. what's it about, nancy? social awareness and learning to. yeah. the two appeared alongside san francisco's own brian boitano. the gold medalist hosted a made for tv special with nancy kerrigan. and then you'll see naumov and shishkova spot shadowed on the ends there. this was back in 1998 for the opening of the yerba buena skating rink in san francisco. joining us now is brian boitano from his home in the city. brian, you are very active. i know, still in the figure skating world. we appreciate your time and being with us tonight. what are the conversations and thoughts that you're having today watching this all unfold? well, you know, raj, as yo

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

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 contract dispu

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

. >> 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 dark, it was too cold. nobody could have survived that. and now the recovery operation is taking a little bit longer because some victims may be trapped or lester, they may not have located them just yet. >> tom, thanks very much for that. >>> and tonight, the ntsb has 50 people on the ground here at reagan national airport, beginning what will likely become a very long inves

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 focused on ca

. >> 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

. >> 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

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

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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

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 wife a

also on board skating coaches and former world champions zhenya shishkova and vadim naumov back in 1998appeared 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 comes the politics of it all. after extending condolences to the victims families, presint 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

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 hope for

and if we pull up the coaches, and this is what we know about the copes, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumovand 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 died on th

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

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 earlier to

with two coaches from boston. 1994 world figure skating pairs champions evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov. >> 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. >> wichita's mayor expressed her shock at the tragedy after. >> a jubilant. >> experience for the city, watching. >> top performing. >> skaters dazzle on the ice at an. >> intense three day training. >>

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

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. >> shortly after calling for a moment of silence for the victims of the crash, president trump suggested that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by democrats may have undermined aviation safety. >> what evidence have you seen to support these claims? >> it just could have been. we have a high standard. we'v

community tell me those on board include this couple, the 1994 world champion paris ice skating team, vadim naumovnd 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, you know, state of shock. >> although it's still really soon and everyone is still grieving, a lot of us want to somehow help. >> lou 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 all one family. mike. >> amber lee live for us tonight in the south bay. amber. thank you. >> bay area native and olympian kristi yamaguchi also offering her condolences. in a statement, the two time figure skating world champion saying in part, my heart breaks for my skating community and all who are involved in the plane crash to much is still unkn

american airlines plane were a pair of champion russian figure skaters, evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov were two time olympians and 1994 world champions, who were traveling back from the u.s. figure skating championships in wichita. they had coached their 23 year old son, maxim, who placed fourth in the competition. he was not on that flight with his parents, a friend and a colleague of his parents. adam blake joins me now. and, adam, i just want to say, first off, that i'm so sorry, just for the last 24 hours, i don't even really know how to put it into words. and i know how close you were with not just the parents, but also you were the choreographer for maxim. i know you talked to him, but but understandably want to keep that private. just tell me how. how's he doing tonight? >> um. i think he's doing the best that he can. um, with. everything that's happening, um, this is something that no one should be going through, ever. and, um, he he is. a young man and a young athlete that has more resilience than i. anyone can ever know. and but this is something anybody could ever experience

evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov from boston, seen here winning the 1994 world figure skating pairsmpionship. >> 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 53. 42. >> 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 this man's ten year old daughter from the plane, just before the accident occurred. >> and she

also killed were were evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov, who won pairs. 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 had launched successful coaching careers. now, legendary skater nancy kerrigan, she 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, because it's just such a tragic event and we've been through tragedies before, as americans, as people, and we are strong. and i guess it's how we respond to it. and so my response was to be with people i care about and i love and need i needed support. so, um, so that's why i'm here. >> it's such a tragedy for the skating community, which is a tight knit group. and, you know, john, it's going to have a profound impact on the world figure skating championships in march, which those are going to be held in boston this year. >> ye

vadim naumov and evgenia shishkova skaters spencer lane and gina hahn, and their mothers, christine laneenin. here's a tearful nancy kerrigan speaking earlier today about her club and the skating community. >> i feel for. >> the athletes. >> the skaters. >> and. >> their families, but anyone that was on that plane, not just the skaters. >> because it's. >> just such a tragic event and we've been through tragedies before, as americans, as people, and we are strong. and i guess it's how we respond to it. and so my response is to be with people i care about and i love and need i needed support. so, um, so that's why i'm here. and, i don't know, a little bit at a time. i think it's a shock. i was watching, i wasn't woken up in the morning and saw it. i was watching like all night, so i probably looked tired. but, uh, and then when you find out, you know, you know, some of the people on the plane, it's it's even a bigger blow. um. we just wish them well. and 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 you

. >> board skating coaches and former world champions jenna shishkova and vadim naumov, the married couplelify for the winter olympics next year. brielle beyer was. >> only 12 years. >> old, her mom, justina magdalena. >> with her on the. >> plane, remembered today at her home rink in virginia. >> she's really, really talented and they were my inspiration. >> i am grateful to tom llamas for sharing those most important for sharing those most important stories with you ever feel like a spectator in your own life with chronic migraine? 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine. in a survey, 91% of users wish they'd started sooner. so why wait? talk to your doctor. botox® effects may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as trouble swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. those with these conditions before injection are at highest risk. side effects may include allergic reactions like rash

two coaches, renowned russian skaters vadim naumov and zhenya shishkova, who moved to the u.s. in 1998 and then started coaching at that boston club in 2017. they are, as i said, renowned skaters, former world champions. here's more from how the ice skating community is impacted. take a listen. >> we came here. >> because we. >> needed to be together. >> we're family. >> and it's a community. >> and this was a group that had been flying from, as you mentioned, wichita, kansas here after a national development camp. so we're talking about a lot of young rising stars in the ice skating community. on the heels of the national championships that happened over the weekend. and as we've been reporting throughout the day, the recovery efforts still a massive effort, still underway as they continue to try to pull the remains, the bodies, to pull them into a temporary morgue not far from here on a helipad to reunite them with their families. >> chris. >> emily, thank you for that. let's go to wichita now and talk to antonia. antonia is a point of enormous pride for a small city to get a

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

. >> 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. >>

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

evgenia shishkova and vadim naumov from boston. >> seen here winning the. >> 1994 world figure skatingairs 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 53. 42. >> 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 this. >> man's ten year old daughter from the plane. >