Overview
- On the first anniversary of the Jan. 29, 2025 crash, skaters, coaches, and families are publicly commemorating those killed and reflecting on a year of grief.
- The mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac claimed 67 lives, including 64 on the plane and three on the helicopter.
- U.S. figure skating lost 28 members, among them 11 young athletes returning from a national development camp in Wichita, with victims including Olivia Eve Ter, Brielle Beyer, Edward Zhou, and Cory Haynos.
- World champion coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among those killed, and their son, Maxim Naumov, recently took bronze at the 2026 U.S. Championships in St. Louis to make the Olympic team.
- Coaches and families describe ongoing rituals of remembrance—from gravesite visits to birthday tributes—underscoring the sport’s enduring loss and collective effort to carry forward.