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On this terrible, sad day for figure skating with the loss of young upcoming talent and their family members and coaches in the plane crash, I am further heartbroken with the loss of figure skating legend, my friend, Dick Button,
Brian Boitano, who won a gold medal in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, wrote in a post on social media It’s just been beyond anything I can handle,
a tearful Hamilton said of the losses U.S. Figure Skating mourns the loss of the legendary Dick Button,
the organization said in a statement This unity cannot just stay in sadness. It has to elicit something greater, something brighter, something that can shine forth,
said Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg of Chabad, a Hasidic synagogue and community center in Wichita We were so proud to see these high-level athletes, their families, their friends, fans, coming to our community and sharing their skills and talents so that the whole world could see,
There’s a lot of connections to this plane. There’s a lot of connections to Bombardier as a company,
said Howell, who spent two decades working in flight testing, including a stint with Bombardier in the early 1990s This club is very proud of its tradition, both on the ice with Olympic champions and world champions, but also for leadership and leadership roles in U.S. Figure Skating,
You can feel the history,
said Kerrigan, who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics and silver in ’94 This is a club of excellence. It has been for over 100 years,
said Paul George, a former USOC vice president who trained at the club on his way to the 1962 U.S. pairs championship You don’t have to know everybody to feel that connection,
Kerrigan said, choking back tears The day the music stopped, very much like this,
George told reporters Thursday, when he was joined in a rink-side news conference by Albright and Kerrigan before the news of Button's death was known Any time there's a loss of these talented people like Spencer and Jinna... it really affects all of us. We're mourning their loss and we still have more people to find out about."
Four-time US champion Brian Boitano, the 1988 Olympic men's champion, called the deaths "a huge loss for the sport" and added They were people producing champions of our future,
This camp is for young competitive stars of tomorrow with the most promise to be a champion of tomorrow,
To the best of our knowledge, 14 skaters returning home... were lost in the plane crash,
I've never seen anyone love skating as much as these two and that's why I think it hurts so much,
Kerrigan said of Han and Lane Our sport and this club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,
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