Skating communities around the nation are grieving the loss of U.S. figure skaters on board the American Airlines flight that was struck by a Black Hawk helicopter this week.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.