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Skating fam: A request

A major media outlet reached out to me to help with identifying friends of the victims; they want to help tell the victims’ stories and celebrate their lives

If you were particularly close to any of them and you would like to speak to this outlet, can you DM me please?

The Skating Club of Boston has been a bedrock of skating in the US forever, basically, and Boston itself will host world championships in less than two months. Absolutely heartbreaking.

Victims Killed in Washington Plane Crash Over Potomac River Identified U.S. Figure skaters and coaches were Among the Passengers on Tragic Flight 5342 crashes into Potomac River near Reagan National Airport. They were returning from the National Development Camp followin...

Victims Killed in Washington Plane Crash Over Potomac River Identified:

Spencer Lane
Jinna Han
Eddie Zhou
Everly Livingston
Lydia Livingston
Franco Aparicio
Sean Kay
Angela Yang
Vadim Naumov
Evgenia Shishkova
Inna Volyanskaya

As the president delivered remarks blaming the D.C. plane crash on his political opponents and diversity programs, across the Potomac in Arlington, young figure skaters were choking back tears as they laid flowered at a makeshift memorial to three of the dead.

Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion and Commentator, Dies at 95 (Gift Article) He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

The figure skating community is already reeling, and now this too. So sad. RIP 💔⛸️ www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...

It just feels wrong to post about anything else right now in light of the events this morning, so I’m probably gonna go dark for the rest of the day

LIVE: Mass. skaters, coaches on plane that crashed midair Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.

Six victims of last night's crash were affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, according to SCOB CEO Doug Zeghibe 💔:
Spencer Lane and his mother Molly
Jinna Han and her mother Jin
1994 World pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova/Vadym Naumov (parents of Maxim Naumov)
www.wcvb.com/article/coac...

Just read The NY Times article about the fact that there were US and Russian skaters on the plane that crashed this morning. I can’t believe this… so heartbreaking

Live updates: More than a dozen bodies recovered after plane, helicopter crash into Potomac River An American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed several of its members were on Flight 5342. The National Development Camp and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held in Wichita just days ago.

A screenshot of a rt Amber Glenn posted that says,”Its okay we talked about what a "good men's sp score" is today while watching live today. #progress” in response to a tweet @TheGooseArmada made that says, “Me when Alysa said "I don't exactly remember how scores worked... That helps with mystery, I guess." And has a picture of Amber looking incredulously at Alysa during the post fs press conference

Omg, I love Amber so much. 😂😂

These two are hilarious together. Worlds is going to be incredible.⛸️

I don't think we can emphasize how meaningful it is to see a queer woman at the top of the podium at this point in time in our country

FUCK YEAH AMBER GLENN

Never a better time to bounce to bookshop.org for shopping and The Storygraph for tracking your progress

Just admire this amazing feat of athleticism and power and grace and beauty ⛸️

Blessed to be living in a world where Alysa Liu was able to rekindle her love for figure skating and grow into an athlete capable of a performance like this. #USNats25

Guys, I literally got a book for Christmas by an academic that explains how everyone in Pride and Prejudice is Autistic :’)

#PrevagenUSChamps Jr Dance FINAL
G Aboian/Veselukhin 162.40
S Peal/Peal 153.00
B Mullen/Mullen 148.51
4 Deych/Hu 135.45
5 Ilin/Cain 134.51
6 Chen/Eckert 131.78
7 Stapert/Korotcov 124.74
8 Renzi/Lissauer 123.04
9 Kouevi/Homawoo 120.17
10 Kirwan/Le Coq 118.62
11 Epps/Gilman 115.32

ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all

PLEASE CALL. Don't be a doomer!

Skyler Lautowa-Peguero: Incredible, clean skate that really showed off her range and footwork. Fantastic!

Mia Iwase: trouble with jumps today but the grace, artistry, and flow are there! Can’t wait to see more from this skater!

People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years It's nothing new.

As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.

But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️

Great skate from Hannah Kim #PrevagenUSChamps #USNats25

It’s on!!! #PrevagenUSChamps #USNats25

Woah it’s cold this morning 🥶❄️

Asked Jason Brown after his withdrawal from nationals if he would petition for world team spot. This was his answer:
"As far as worlds, I’m currently addressing my equipment issues to best determine my path forward before making any final decisions.. . .

It was cute, though 💙

Figure Skater Isabeau Levito next to an image of a floppy disc (3.5 inch diskette from the 90s) while playing a “guess items from the 90s” game

When she said “VHS” I died a little😭

#PrevagenUSChamps - Junior Pairs' Short Program Results

Let's do this! See below for today's #PrevagenUSChamps schedule! 😤

⛸️: Novice pairs sp, jr. pairs sp, jr men's sp, novice pattern dance and jr. rhythm dance
⏰: 9:30 a.m. ET
📍: Wichita, Kansas
📊: bit.ly/USChamps25Co...