Figure skaters and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. this week will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March. International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim held back tears on Friday in making the announcement during the European championships in Tallinn.

The couple's son finished fourth last week at the U.S. national championships in Wichita, Kansas. He was not on the same flight that crashed.

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

A deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter left Kansas’ largest city grieving. The passenger airline took from Wichita.

In the days after the tragic American Eagle Flight 5342 and U.S. Army Black Hawk collision, the Wichita community has stepped up to support those impacted by the crash.

Heartbreaking tributes are pouring in for the victims of a collision between an American Airlines jet and an army helicopter after the victims were identified — many of whom were teenage figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches.

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

Figure skaters and others killed in the midair collision near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March.

WASHINGTON — Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

We skated together. We grew up in Saint Petersburg and we skated on the same ice,” said Marina Eltsova, of Leawood. “It’s surreal. ... I know there are videos of what happened. I just did not want to see it.

If President Donald Trump was trying to comfort Wichitans and others rocked by Flight 5342 D.C. plane disaster, he missed the mark.

Olympic gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano said it's been a surreal few days after some of his friends were killed in Wednesday's plane crash near Washington, D.C., after returning home from a prestigious training camp for young skaters in Wichita,