U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that coaches, athletes and their family members were killed in the collision while coming back from a camp in conjunction with the championships.

Figure skating community in mourning after mid-air collision; 14 members of the figure skating community were on board the American Airlines Flight involved in the mid-air collision.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place Jan. 21-26 in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Figure Skating did not identify any of the members of its team that were on board. Doug Zeghib

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy, Emmy-winning commentary, died Thursday.

Former Olympic figure skating medalist Dorothy Hamiill spoke to NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about the figure skaters who lost their lives in the midair collision in Washington, D.C.

Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at age 95. Button's son, Edward, says he died Thursday and did not provide a cause.

Coach Alexandr 'Sasha' Kirsanov's wife, Natalya Gudin, is speaking about her late husband and their two students, Angela Yang and Sean Kay, who were all aboard the American Airlines passenger plane that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington D.