{"id":10067,"date":"2025-03-03T07:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/figure-skating-stars-pay-an-emotional-tribute-to-the-d-c-plane-crash-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T07:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:07:56","slug":"figure-skating-stars-pay-an-emotional-tribute-to-the-d-c-plane-crash-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/figure-skating-stars-pay-an-emotional-tribute-to-the-d-c-plane-crash-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Figure Skating Stars Pay an Emotional Tribute to the D.C. Plane Crash Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the end of his figure skating performance, when the last note of his parents\u2019 favorite song played in an arena packed with spectators and heavy with sorrow, Maxim Naumov dropped to his knees at the center of the ice. He remained there for what seemed like forever, awash in a spotlight, looking lost and sobbing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And in row after row, section after section, inside Capital One Arena on Sunday in downtown Washington, the crowd of about 15,000 people climbed to its feet, applauded \u2014 and cried with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Naumov was one of the skaters featured at the benefit Legacy on Ice, held in honor of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/dc-plane-crash-victims.html\" title=\"\">67 people who died<\/a> on Jan. 29 when an Army helicopter <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/business\/dc-plane-crash-control-tower-reagan.html\" title=\"\">collided<\/a> with a passenger jet above the Potomac River in Washington. Many of those victims were <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/figure-skaters-dc-plane-crash.html\" title=\"\">young figure skaters<\/a> traveling home with their parents and coaches from a development camp after the U.S. Figure Skating nationals in Wichita, Kan. Both of Naumov\u2019s parents were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Sunday, he might have looked alone kneeling there in the middle of the ice. He was far from it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dozens of stars from the sport, going back decades, were with him. Kristi Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano, both Olympic gold medalists, played host. Peggy Fleming, Nancy Kerrigan, Johnny Weir and defending world champion Ilia Malinin were there, too. Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic champion, led the crowd in a prayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI just had to come here to pray because I just felt so crushed with sadness,\u201d Hamilton said in an interview. \u201cEspecially when children are involved, how else do you find the strength to endure these things in the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamilton had seen Naumov\u2019s parents \u2014 Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov \u2014 at nationals in January. Skating is a small world. The 1994 pairs world champions were so happy to be there, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Weir, a television analyst who also coaches young skaters, had retired from performing in 2023, but he donned a black costume and skated to the song \u201cMemory\u201d from the musical \u201cCats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He knew several of the coaches who died in the crash. Looking at the faces of his skating students each day also compelled him to show his support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cImagining that it could have been their mom or their family on the plane, it\u2019s just devastating,\u201d Weir said in an interview after his performance. \u201cI could never say that this event brings closure, but it shows the kids I work with every day that great skaters can get torn up about things and still show up for others. It\u2019s OK to be sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added, \u201cI think the moment of unity is the greatest gift we can give to those people we lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The idea for the event started with Ari Zakarian, Malinin\u2019s agent. He was in Wichita for nationals but had flown to Estonia for European Nationals immediately afterward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He saw news about the crash on social media and tried to call Inna Volyanskaya, a coach in the Washington area who had been in Wichita and taken a selfie with them before they parted, promising to send it to him. She never had the chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt was like pouring cold water on me because I just knew she was on the plane, and so were two coaches I knew from Boston,\u201d he said. \u201cI started thinking, \u2018What can I do? What can I do? I have to do something for these people.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He connected with Ted Leonsis, the owner of Monumental Sports &amp; Entertainment in Washington, which owns the arena, the Capitals and the Wizards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Leonsis, the loss felt personal. Several of the skaters who died had trained at the Capitals practice rink in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">All ticket proceeds from the sold-out event will go to the families of the victims, the skating communities affected and the emergency workers in the Washington area, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI want to make sure every family that has kids and was left without a parent, or both parents, is going to be OK,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s college and other expenses. So we\u2019ve got to raise a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Every skater Zakarian asked to participate in the program said yes. They wanted to show their support. And mourn. And help people heal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ashley Cain and Gracie Gold, two Olympians, were coaches at the developmental camp and skated in tears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery time I step on the ice, I\u2019m thinking about them and skating for them,\u201d Cain said of her former students. \u201cOne of my last moments with them was them having fun and dancing on the ice, and letting down their walls to show us who they really were. I will never forget that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Flying into Washington for the event, Jason Brown, a two-time Olympian, said he thought about what the skaters felt as their plane approached the airport in late January. Giddiness after the camp, perhaps. Excitement about returning to the rink to train. Hope that they would see their skater friends soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTravel is such a huge part of what we do, so it all hit us really hard,\u201d Brown said. He said his grandfather told him that when people come together to celebrate victories, those successes double, and when they share losses, tragedies or grief, those sad moments are cut in half.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Backstage, nearly all the skaters were in tears, including young ones from local rinks who had been invited to perform because they were teammates, family or friends of the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Isabella Aparicio performed to a recording of her father playing Pachelbel\u2019s Canon in D and buried her face in her hands when she was done. Her father, Luciano, and her 14-year-old brother, Franco, were on the plane that crashed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the stands, groups of people wore pink in honor of 12-year-old Brielle Beyer, who died in the midair collision. Her funeral is on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the past few weeks, scores of parents have brought their children to funerals and memorial services for their peers. \u201cThat\u2019s not in the parent handbook,\u201d one of those mothers said. Jenn Rafael\u2019s 11-year-old son, Jesse, was good friends with Brielle, and the mother was close to Brielle\u2019s mother, Justyna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat\u2019s helpful is for them to skate and make videos about their friends,\u201d Rafael said. \u201cAnd therapy dogs. Therapy dogs have gotten us through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Teams of those dogs were posted throughout the arena on Sunday, including near the tunnel leading to the ice. Minutes before his performance, Naumov squatted down to rub the belly of a cuddly blond Norwegian Buhund named Ghost, in silence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Before Naumov headed out to perform to the Russian song, \u201cThe City That Doesn\u2019t Exist,\u201d one of his teammates from the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/us\/skating-club-boston-plane-crash.html\" title=\"\">Skating Club of Boston<\/a>, Jimmy Ma, gave him an extended hug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cLet\u2019s do this!\u201d Ma said as they parted, both of them wiping tears.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/03\/us\/dc-plane-crash-figure-skating-tribute.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of his figure skating performance, when the last note of his parents\u2019 favorite song played in an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3485,3486,444,1236,2864,3488,3491,3487,3490,1234,852,3489,3482,3481,3492,1364,3483,3484],"class_list":["post-10067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us","tag-boitano","tag-brian","tag-brown","tag-figure-skating","tag-funerals-and-memorials","tag-hamilton","tag-ilia-2004","tag-jason-1994","tag-malinin","tag-naumov","tag-russia","tag-scott-1958","tag-skating-club-of-boston","tag-united-states-figure-skating-assn","tag-vadim-1969-2025","tag-washington-dc","tag-washington-capitals","tag-washington-wizards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Figure Skating Stars Pay an Emotional Tribute to the D.C. 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