Vigil at Wichita Ice Center honors lives of skaters, coaches, killed in DC plane crash
Wichita city officials community members and ice skaters came together Monday night to remember the lives of skaters and coaches killed in last week’s crash near Washington, D.C.’s Ronal Reagan National Airport involving American Airlines flight 5342,
Glenview athlete competed in Wichita before ice skaters who died in DC plane crash
Glenview figure skater Alexa Gasparotto placed at U.S. Nationals before skaters who later died in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.
For Wichita Ice Skaters, Excitement Over National Competition Turns to Horror
Wichita ice skaters were coming off of a high this week, after hosting a national event for the first time—a huge feather in their cap—said Sean O’Reilly, general manager of the Wichita Ice Center. A three-day figure skating development camp for skaters followed it this week,
'Gut punch' to the Wichita ice skating community after fatal airplane crash
"This is going to be really hard on our skating community for a very, very long time," said Wichita Skating Club President Jolene Taylor. "You don't think that tomorrow they might not be here."
City leaders, skating community honor Flight 5342 victims on center ice
Ice rinks across the country held moments of silence to pay tribute to the lives lost on Flight 5342. At the Wichita Ice Center, city leaders joined members of the city's skating community and others for a tribute on center ice.
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight is not believed to have any survivors.
Wichita Figure Skating Club to host memorial vigil to honor lives lost in crash
The organization says a moment of silence will be held on Monday, February 3, from 2:35 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. CST at the Wichita Ice Center.
Connecticut figure skaters honor members of ice skating community killed in D.C. plane crash
Members of the CT figure skating community joined together in West Hartford to honor those killed in the D.C. plane crash last week.
Figure skating event benefiting DC plane crash victims to take place in Washington
A figure skating tribute will take place in Washington, D.C., in early March to support victims of the midair collision outside Ronald Reagan International Airport.
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Ilia Malinin, who won U.S. men's skating title in Wichita, says crash 'doesn't seem real'
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Skating Clubs and Rinks Across U.S. Hold Moment of Silence for D.C. Plane Crash Victims: ‘May Their Memory Be a Blessing’
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Promising ice skater just celebrated 13th birthday. She & mom died in Wichita flight crash
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Triangle figure skating community mourns those killed American Airlines jet, Black Hawk collision
U.S. figure skating athletes, coaches, parents and children were on the American Airlines flight when it collided with an ...