Ice skipper from the American plane crash

No one at the Boston Ski Club had no doubt that Jenna Han, 13, and Spencer Lynn, had 16 -year -old to go away in a sport they fell in love with her.

Even in the club that produced countless skiers at the elite level – where the competition is difficult as it is – the two emerged.

“They have been searched for and determined as the future of sport,” Doug Zegbi, CEO of the club told me.

“So, to see such promising talents, it is difficult. It was difficult. They were really on the threshold of greatness, and finally, they finally reached the goals of representing the ski club in Boston, but they represented their country.”

That talent was to display full videos that show them a strong and maturity performance exceeding their ages, the reason that they were invited to the high performance camp that follows the American National Ice Skip Championship in Whitchita, Kansas, this week.

After the camp, they boarded a US regional aircraft on Wednesday evening, and planned to fly to Massachusetts via Washington, DC. They were among the 60 passengers who were killed when the plane was collided in the air with a helicopter and fell in the Botomac River.

Their mothers, Christine Lynn and Jane Han, and club coach Vadim Nomov and Evgenia Shishkova, on board, which means that six of the victims of the crash were all in contact with the world -famous ski club.

Skiing at this high level requires a great commitment, as school work is carried out online hours after the ice every day.

Inevitably, close relationships between coaches and club members are evolving, and in the face of such a catastrophe, the club is a natural place for gathering.

Just a few days ago, club members Alyssa Etimova and Misha Metrovanov won the title of American couples in Whitchta before they took a previous house.

“They were just solar getting energy as soon as they were seen,” Efimova told me.

“Every time I walk in this ice ski circuit, I used to see them in the morning linking their skis, saying, just say” hello, “seeing their faces lit.”

“Spencer was fireworks, this is the best way to put it,” Mitrovanov added.

“Ski began somewhat late from other skiers, but because of his amazing talent, he advanced very quickly.”

At the end of a hard day training, they told me that the two will come out of their siblings and head to the upper floor to start catching academic work.

Now, at the entrance to the club, the pictures that take them in the movement on the ice are surrounded by dignity and flowers. Gina has her outstretched arms. Spencer maintains a look at his deep face on his face.

“You don't expect it,” said Mitrovanov. “And when that happens, it breaks you.”

Nomov coach and Shishakova was originally from Russia, from the 1994 global ski heroes. Leave 23 -year -old, Maxim, another promising talent from Boston, ranked fourth in the men's competition in Whitchita.

During more than 100 years of date, the club saw before the tragedy was briefed.

It was home to 10 out of 18 members of the United States ski team who were killed in a plane crash on his way to the 1961 World Championship in Prague.

CEO Zigabi immediately thought about this incident as he watched the news that is unfolded on Wednesday night.

He told me: “My first idea could not happen again.” “And I was like, how can the lightning of the strike twice?”

One of the well -known graduates at the club, Nancy Kyrigan was also in the club to show her solidarity and sadness over the loss of six lives.

Before the Olympics medal in its winter Olympics in 1994, she hit her knee striker with a stick after a training session. The attacker was later revealed by a pair of his opponent, Tonia Harding.

“The community stood behind me and I was grateful for that,” she said.

“Thus, it's now my role to be here. I'm not sure what to do. Maybe I get a cup of coffee or hug. To be able to re -feel what I felt I got.”

In just a few weeks, the club organizes the world's ice skiing championships in the city in March.

It is a great responsibility to take.

“All of this requires many of us, not only in the management of this club, not only to manage the world championships, but now also in managing sadness,” Zigaby said when I asked how they would deal.

The event will be an opportunity to honor the lost spirits, not just from this club. A total of 14 members of the ski community were killed in the accident.

He said: “I think looking at the future is part of the emotional recovery process, and it is good to have things to focus on it positive for this sport.”

“We'll take it day after day, and we will be there as our members as much as possible, then discover: How do we advance?”