The wife of the ski coach in Delaweer says that she “lost everything” after she learned that her husband was One of the victims It was killed when an American aircraft plane collided with the air aircraft with an army helicopter in Washington, DC, late on Wednesday night.
Natalia Gonin WPVI said She and her husband, Alexander “Sasha” Kirnanov, were coaches in Delaware. She now remembered the sudden decision that she and her husband made that Kirnanov would travel to Whitchita, Kansas, in a development camp.
Rescuers are working on boats with the sun rising at the site of the accident after the Black Hawk helicopter collided with the American Eagle Flight 5342, which was approaching the Rigan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Botomac River, outside Washington, DC, in January. 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamark/Reuters)
“We are a husband and a wife,” she told the station. “We decided to go, who resides at home,” she said. “We decided that he would go to the development camp.”
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Kirkanov, 46, was one of 67 people who were killed when the American Airlines Flight 5342 and the UH-60 helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport at approximately 9 pm local time.
What started as a search and rescue effort turned into a recovery process after officials said they believed that there are no survivors.
Among the victims are many members of the ice ski community. Ski in the United States It issued a statement confirming that the victims were returning to their homes from a development camp to be held after the skiing championship in the United States in Whitchta, which concluded on Sunday.
“I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends,” Godin told the station.
The President of Delaweer Dennis Asanis issued a statement on Thursday confirming that Kirnanov, a former ice skating coach at the university, was one of the victims in a plane crash on Wednesday.
Pictures of victims after colliding between the American Airlines and an American Black Hawk helicopter. (Getty Images)
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“I feel incredibly saddened to share news that many members of the ice skating community associated with the University of Delaware were among those who tragicly lost their lives in the collision of planes last night in Washington, DC.”
“Kirkanov and skiers who were trained at the university's high -performance training center, which uses the UD ice track facilities and the training home for many years of ski heroes at a global and competitive level. From our students and trainers trained and competed along with those who lost.”
Asanis also confirmed that Kirnanov was with “young skiers” on the trip. Set them only as members of the UD ice club, however Senator Chris Konz, de del, They later known them as Sean Kai and Angela Yang.
“I was destroyed to hear the news that at least three Dilawarians died during the collision of the air last night. Sasha Kirnanov, Shawn Kai, and Angela Yang went to Whitchita to follow their passion for skiing. It is a tragedy that no longer our country,” his position on x reading.
Part of the debris is seen as searching for rescue boats in the waters of the Botomac River after a plane crashed at the Rigan National Airport in the river near Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Rynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Delaware is a state of neighbors, and tonight we keep all our neighbors a little closer. My heart goes out to the wife of Sasha Natalia, the ice skating club at Dilayer University, and every other Delaorians touch three of them.”
Kirkanov's daughter, Nicole, also published a greeting on social media after her father lost.
“I miss you, Dad, I will do anything to return you and tell you that I loved you again,” she wrote in a Instagram post.
Kirsanov was a national coach eight times and a world coach for his youngsters for three times with nearly a decade of experience.
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