“Tragic Fate of D.C. Crash Claims Innocent Ice Skating Duo: What Happened to These Little Stars?”
“I need my husband back,” said the deceased coach’s wife. “I need his body back”
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Both Kay and Yang were members of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, coached by Gudin and her now-deceased husband.
Gudin revealed that she spoke to her husband before the plane took off.
He said he would call her after the short flight, but instead, Gudin received a phone call from another student’s mother about a plane crash.
Several members of the ice skating community were on the American Airlines flight that collided with a US Army Black Hawk Helicopter
After realizing what happened, Gudin rushed to Washington, D.C., where she stayed in a hotel waiting to hear any news about her husband’s body.
As of Thursday afternoon, Kirsanov’s remains hadn’t been found.
“I need my husband back,” Gudin told ABC News. “I need his body back.”
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All 60 passengers and four crew members on the American Airlines flight 5342 are presumed dead, along with three soldiers who were flying in the helicopter.
“Several members of our skating community” were aboard the flight, US Figure Skating confirmed following the crash.
“We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts,” said the official body for figure skating in the country.
“No words ever can describe their families’ grief and sorrow,” a social media user said
