Former American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton recalled his final meeting with Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov just days before they were killed in a plane crash near D.C.

Several teenage figure skaters, as well as some of their mothers and coaches, are presumed dead after American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, collided midair with a Black Hawk Army helicopter the evening of Jan. 29 above the Potomac River.

Scott Hamilton was brought to tears on the Friday, Jan. 31 episode of the Today show as he reflected on the loss the U.S. figure skating community is feeling after the tragic D.C. plane crash that claimed the lives of 14 skaters and coaches.

Olympian Scott Hamilton broke down in tears discussing the tragic American Airlines plane crash that killed 14 young figure skaters

Magic Johnson, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton and others from the sports world reacted on social media to the tragic D.C. airplane crash Thursday.

One of figure skating's greatest legends has died. Dick Button, 95, the golden boy who began it all by revolutionizing the sport, passed away on January 31, 2025.

All 67 people aboard an American Eagle flight from Kansas and an Army helicopter were killed in a collision Wednesday night over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.

That 1982 crash, in which the plane hit a bridge before plummeting into the Potomac River, unfortunately involved a former Chattanoogan as a deceased victim – Chalmers McIlwaine Jr., 41, the son of longtime McCallie School teacher and administrator Chalmers McIlwaine Sr.

The winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, Button died Thursday in North Salem, New York.

Olympian Scott Hamilton is mourning the deaths of members of the figure skating community, who were on an American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.