US figure skaters were on board plane that crashed into Potomac River

He started to discover this connection with the audience and that joy that he was giving to other people through his gift,

Schran said

Our focus now is on providing support and care to the families of our brothers as we continue to gather more information in the coming days,

said the post by UA General President Mark McManus and Chris Madello, the business manager of Local 602.

Grace was a quiet person with a keen interest in helping others through engineering,

said Tim Norman, who served as her secondary adviser

His untimely passing is a profound loss to the Philippine National Police, where he served with honor, with integrity and dedication throughout his career,

Philippine police said in a statement

Christine exuded creativity throughout her life, using her formal graphic design training as a jumping-off point for seemingly endless creative pursuits across areas such as photography, quilting, knitting, and more. She brought even greater passion to her role as a mother to Spencer and his brother Milo,

the family said

We ask that you pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that are suffering today. We ask for peace while we grieve,

her post read

We watched Jinna just grow up here from just a tiny little tyke into this amazingly mature 13-year-old,

he said

This will have long-reaching impacts for our skating community,

Zeghibe told reporters Thursday

Théodore Gudinnatalya

I lost my husband, I lost my students, I lost my friends,

Gudin told ABC News

U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C.,

U.S. Figure Skating announced in a statement posted to its social media accounts Thursday

There were other of our fellow citizens there as well,

said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to The Washington Post

These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas,

a spokesperson for the organization, which is the sport’s national governing body, said in a statement to HuffPost

We are heartbroken to learn that figure skaters, along with their families, friends and coaches, are understood to be among those on board,

U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement

We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,

John Donnelly, the fire chief in the nation’s capital, said in an update Thursday morning

This heartbreaking tragedy has left us devastated. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims’ families,

the organization said in a statement

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

We express condolences to the families and friends who lost our fellow citizens,

Peskov said, describing the tragedy as “bad news from Washington.”

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

We see that this sad information is being confirmed. There were other fellow citizens [of Russia],

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters

Some of them were our compatriots and in their time made a significant contribution to domestic figure skating,

it said, without naming any of the victims