“When you lose coaches like this, you also lose the future of sport,” Zeghibits told reporters.
Another well -known Russian artistic skater, Inna Volyanskaya, was also among the dead, said her ex -husband, Ross Lansel, to NBC Washington.
Before becoming skating coach in 2002 in Virginia, he captivated the public worldwide playing Ariel in Disney in “The Little Mermaid” of ICE, Lansel said.
“She was one of the best skaters I’ve seen, sincerely,” he said.
Natalya Gudin told ABC News that she and her husband, Alexandr Kirsanov, decided that she would accompany the two skaters who trained the National Development Camp in Wichita.
The last time they spoke on Wednesday before Kirsanov boarded the plane to Reagan National. Now, Gudin is waiting for more information about her husband’s remains, she said.
“I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends, ”he told ABC News.
Roger Hayos, his wife, Stephanie, and his son Cory went back to skating competition, confirmed two of Roger Hayos, Matthew Laraviere and Leah Bucher’s cousins.
The couple were incredible parents who created a loving home for their two children, the cousins said. Roger Hayos had retired early to support Cory in his artistic skating career and the family was very proud of him and his talent, they said.
Union members were also on board
Also aboard the plane were Five members of Plomers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters Local 602, based in the Washington area, the union said in a statement.
The president of the Union, Mark Mcmanus, and the business manager, Chris Madello, did not identify them by name or explain why they were traveling together.
“These members will be forever in our hearts, and that God bless them and their loved ones,” they said.
Another work union, the America communication workers published in X that two members of the Association of Flight-CWA attendees were aboard the America Eagle plane.
“Our union is afflicted together with all those affected,” said the publication.
Mikey Stovall, a Maryland fan, was on the flight with seven of his friends, his mother, Christina Stovall, told NBC Washington.
Stovall, 40, and his friends returned home on a duck -hunting trip in Kansas. His 11 -year -old wife and an 11 -year -old son survive, the station reported.
Families shattered by the clash
The victims also included a law teacher, dear family members and a lawyer who hugged life completely.
Kiah Duggins, professor at the Faculty of Law at Howard, was on the flight, said University President Ben Vinson III, in a position on X. His death was confirmed by his parents.
“We are reaching an agreement with the pain associated with the loss of our beautiful and successful firstborn,” they said in a statement.
Wendy Jo Shaffer, a wife and mother of two children, aged 3 and 1, was also murdered, according to a verified online fund collection.
“I’m still waiting to wake up from this nightmare, but I’m afraid this is the truth. Wendy was not only beautiful on the outside, but she was a really incredible woman from beginning to end, “said Wendy’s husband Nate Shaffer, in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Elizabeth Keys, who turned 33 on Wednesday, was strong, brave and deeply loved, said her mother, Mary Keys.
She worked as a lawyer for Wilkinson Stekloff in Washington, where she and the “love of her life” lived and enjoyed house people at home, said their mother.
“Liz was a warm and generous woman. She was very funny, and fun! Liz had an acute ingenuity and appreciated it in others, ”said Mary Keys. “The meetings were always better when Liz was there; I was full of light and joy. “
“Words cannot express how deeply Elizabeth, my bitsy, will be surprised. We are full of unbearable sadness and despair before our loss “
Asra Hussain had been sending text messages to her husband, Hamaad Raza, during her flight home from a routine business trip. While Raza waited at the airport to land, EMS passed him and his text messages to his wife stopped passing, he said.
The couple, both consultants who met at the university, were married for 2 and a half years. Race said his wife was “a donor” and made him feel loved.
“She really worried about our relationship and me, and made me feel like the most fortunate husband alive,” he said.
A day after the accident, Raza said that he has not faced what happened and has been thinking about his wife and what he was thinking while he was on board.
“I always pick her up from the outputs, and I always help her load the bag in the car and give her a big hug and a kiss and, and then leave,” he said. “I had been waiting at home.”