Nancy Kerrigan spoke at an emotional information convention on Thursday after six folks with ties to the skating membership the place she competed died in an airline tragedy close to Reagan Worldwide Airport close to Washington, D.C.
Kerrigan is among the embellished members of the Skating Membership of Boston, together with Dick Button, Tenley Albright and Paul Wylie.
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Former Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan, proper, is embraced whereas arriving at The Skating Membership of Boston with fellow Olympic skater Tenley Albright, left, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Norwood, Mass. (AP Photograph/Charles Krupa)
The Olympic silver medalist battled by means of tears as she spoke to reporters. Albright stood beside Kerrigan.
“Very like everybody right here has been saying, I’m unsure learn how to course of it,” she mentioned, including that her husband, who’s her agent, saved getting calls to do interviews. “I didn’t really feel prefer it was proper to be residence and do interviews for this. . . . We simply needed to be right here and be part of our neighborhood.”
The Skating Membership of Boston recognized Jinna Han and Spencer Lane as the 2 athletes who had been killed within the crash. Their moms and two coaches had been additionally recognized as victims.
“I’ve by no means seen anybody love skating as a lot as these two, and that’s why I feel it hurts a lot. . . . Anytime I’ve been in a position to be right here and watch them develop, the youngsters right here actually work onerous. Their mother and father work onerous to be right here, however I really feel for the athletes, their skaters, their households, anybody who was on that airplane, not simply the skaters, as a result of it’s simply such a tragic occasion.
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Our bodies lie on the bottom subsequent to emergency autos, close to the location of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter whereas approaching Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, exterior Washington, U.S., on January 30, 2025. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
“We’ve been by means of tragedies earlier than as People as folks, and we’re sturdy, and I suppose it’s how we reply to it, and my response is to be with the individuals who I care about as a result of I wanted assist. So, that’s why I’m right here.”
Kerrigan hoped the households would discover the braveness and the power to take the subsequent steps.
The Skating Membership of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe added that Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, and Jin Han, the mom of Jinna, and Molly Lane, the mom of Spencer, had been recognized as the opposite victims. He introduced it in an announcement earlier within the day.
“Our sport and this Membership have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,” Zeghibe mentioned in an announcement posted to social media. “Skating is a tight-knit neighborhood the place mother and father and youngsters come collectively six of seven days per week to coach and work collectively. Everyone seems to be like household. Of the skaters, coaches and fogeys on the airplane, we consider six had been from The Skating Membership of Boston. We’re devastated and utterly perplexed.
Emergency response models reply to the crash website of an American Airways airplane and Black Hawk helicopter on the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, January 30, 2025. The business flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a navy helicopter final evening. (Leigh Inexperienced for Fox Information Digital.)
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“These athletes, coaches, mother and father had been getting back from U.S. Determine Skating’s Nationwide Growth Camp, following final week’s U.S. Championships in Wichita. This camp is for younger aggressive skaters of tomorrow with the promise to be a champion of tomorrow. The membership despatched 18 athletes to compete on the U.S. Championships. It despatched 12 athletes to the Nationwide Growth Camp.”
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