Young Ice Skating Duo Among the Victims of Tragic US Plane Crash

Two of the youngest victims of the de@dly Washington, DC, airplane crash have been identified as an up-and-coming youth ice skating duo. Youth ice dance partners, Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the flight back from the US Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas, with their coach, the Delaware News Journal reported. Yang and Kay were k!lled alongside their coach, Alexandr Kirsanov, his wife, confirmed to the local news outlet.  They were members of The University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, according to social media posts from the organization. ‘We have Angela Yang/Sean Kay & Zoe Stone/Jerry Stone heading to Wichita for National Development Camp with Emmanuel Savary competing in the Championship Men event,’ the club said on January 21. Yang shared several pictures from her time in Wichita just hours before the doomed flight. I had so so much fun at camp!!! I’m really gonna miss my friends and all the great coaches! I can’t wait for next year!’ she said. ‘It was a lot of fun watching all the skaters at Kansas! I had a lot of fun sitting with my friends watching amazing skaters! I wish I could watch it all over again!’  The duo won first place in several categories in the 2025 Midwestern Sectional Singles & U.S. Ice Dance in Plano, Texas, in November. US Figure Skating confirmed that several skaters, coaches, and their family members were on board the flight, and had been returning home from the National Development Camp, which is held in conjunction with the national championships.  ‘We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and will release more information as it becomes available,’ the sport governing body said in a statement. Sixty passengers and four crew members on the American Airlines plane and three soldiers aboard a training flight on the Blackhawk helicopter are presumed dead after the collision. There was no immediate cause identified, but officials said flight conditions were clear as the jet coming from Wichita was making a routine landing when the helicopter flew into its path.  The post Ice skating duo are among youngest child victims of US planecrashhorror appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.