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Emergency crews are focusing on recovery efforts after a deadly crash between a U.S. Army helicopter and a passenger plane carrying dozens of passengers near Washington, D.C.
Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.
Doug Zeghibe, the chief executive at the Skating Club of Boston, said Thursday skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among 14 members of the skating community killed, along with coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
Among their students is their 23-year-old son, Maxim, a former U.S. junior champion who has finished fourth at senior nationals the past three years, narrowly missing the podium on Sunday while his parents watched at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan.
Maxim Naumov …
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