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We ask that you pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that are suffering today.
His wife Carrie wrote on social media
I couldn't tell you what [Mr Trump] was talking about because the quality of air traffic controllers out there is outstanding. ... It is not uncommon for us to combine positions.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association, said ... Addressing the control tower staffing issue, revealed in an interim FAA report, he added
The Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot.
Mr Trump wrote on social media site Truth SocialPeople should not be hired based on their disabilities, based on their skin colour, their gender, their race
When asked if the president believes people with disabilities have a place to work in the federal government, Mr Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last nightWe’ve been through tragedies before as Americans, as people, and we are strong. And I guess it’s how we respond to it, and so my response is to be with people I care about and I love, and I needed support. … I think it’s a shock.”
She later added
Which is why I’m here,
she said, noting she hadWe just wish them well and the families — the courage and the strength to make the next steps,
she saidMy goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world.
In November 2023, she told Fox NewsIf you look closely at Alydia's badge… We were born ready for this but is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?
Posing together, they wroteA bit of exciting news to share
Alydia was set to start with a new partner in pairs skating, Donna wrote in her last Facebook postToday, my whole heart is with everybody affected by this terrible tragedy,
he saidSo proud of all their hard work and training they have done to get here. What an amazing way to start off the year
she wrote on Instagram
Spencer, in the best way possible, was a crazy kid,
Zeghibe saidIt's just hard, you know? To the family — the skating family — that all these people have been harmed in some way by this tragedy,
Gregory continuedIt was a new experience for him. He was nervous. And then after the show ended, he came over and he was just beaming,
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We're such a tight-knit community — the skating community — that, you know, everybody knows each other in some way or another, or connected in some way,
said Melissa Gregory, a former Olympic ice dancer with her husband, Dennis Petukhov
Back when I was their age, they would blow me out of the water, even Jinna (Han),
said Ma, who finished fifth at nationals last week in Wichita_(cropped).jpg)
Christine and Spencer were doing something that they both truly loved, which was the skating, which Spencer had pretty much devoted his life to,
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Every time you’d say her name, she’d immediately give you a smile,
Mitrofanov saidYou simply could not stop him if he decided he wanted to do something,
Lane's family said in a statement