Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S.

A Boston-area skating club reportedly lost two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches in the mid-air plane collision in Washington, D.C.

Six of the victims on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River have been identified as members of the Skating Club

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

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Just 64 years after losing members in a plane crash, The Skating Club of Boston has suffered another air tragedy.

Two teenage figure skaters, their coaches and family members among 14 members of U.S. figure skating community in deadly plane crash over D.C. airport

Footage from recent competitions of teenage Boston figure skaters killed in a Washington, D.C. plane crash was released by the Skating Club of Boston.

Doug Zeghibe, CEO of The Skating Club of Boston, mourned the six members of his team who were killed in the Washington, D.C., plane crash Wednesday night. While lamenting the tragedy, he noted it’s also a devastating blow to the figure skating community.

The ties to Boston conjured up painful memories for Nathan Birch, a Baltimore skater who grew up training at that very same club. He remembered seeing memorials from the 1961 crash, which killed several Boston club members, on the walls and in an upstairs lounge.