The U.S. ice skating community was hit especially hard after a military aircraft and a plane carrying skaters, family members, and coaches from both the U.S. and Russia collided in midair, killing everyone on board.

The U.S. skating community was in mourning on Thursday after learning several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Two sisters, who figure skated at a national championship in Wichita, Kansas, and their parents were among those killed in the devastating Washington, DC plane crash, relatives said Thursday. Virginia resident Donna Livingston and her husband,