Six of the people on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington had ties to the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood.

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches,

A husband-wife pair who transitioned from accomplished figure skaters to coaches were reported among the passengers killed in a plane crash near Washington, DC.