The plane crash near the Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night hit the world of sport when it was revealed that the members of the artistic skating community were among those of the American Airlines flight.
Six members of the Boston skating club were aboard flight 5342, and the artistic skating of the United States said in a statement that “several members of our skating community” were on the plane.
The commercial plane crashed with an army helicopter, which resulted in the alleged death of the 67 people aboard the two combined planes.
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The rescuers appeared after a passenger plane collided with an army helicopter at the Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. (AP) (Associated Press)
After listening that the flight took to the athletes, potentially those with Olympic dreams, the bullet putter of the Ryan Crouser Gold Medal said the news hit closer to home.
“It is really difficult to process it. As a athlete, you spend a lot of time traveling and climbing to the planes,” Crouser said in a recent interview with Pak Gazette Digital. “I think it is a really difficult time, at this time as a country, and as a athlete too, just thinking about ‘shoots, that could have been me'”.
Ryan Crouser of the US team (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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For the three times gold medalist, it was another reminder not to give what he has taken for granted.
“My heart is with families, and if nothing more, just to be grateful for every day. You have many great opportunities ahead, but you don’t know when it can be removed, and in a crazy accident like that, definitely a difficult time, and my heart is with families. “
The first to respond changed recovery efforts on the Potomac River after there were no survivors. There were 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the American Airlines flight and three soldiers aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
The FBI agents are close to the rubble on Thursday after American Eagle Flight 5342 crashed with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching the Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River the previous night. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
It was also believed that two former Olympics, Shishkova and Vadim Naumov evenia were among the victims of the accident, confirmed the Kremlin.
