- The legacy on Ice Benefit, which participated in the American skating stars, paid tribute to 67 people who died when a military helicopter collided with a flight of American Airlines and crashed into the Potomac River on January 29.
- Skater also described the difficulties in dealing with the tragedy and a sense of support in the community they received from events. Some shed tears during or after their performances.
- The intention of the event was to raise money for skates, the first answers and all the families affected by a fall.
With the maximum, Naumov cried on his knees at the end of his appearance in honor of his parents, wiped tears as he slid off the ice and held an electric candle in the air as the applause fell. Amber Glenn collapsed when she finished sliding, as well as 13-year-old Isabella Aparicio, who performed in memory of her brother Franco and their father Lucian.
“There was no dry eye anywhere,” said the skater Madison Chock.
Low cries of crying pierced the long -lasting moment of silence as fans set on fire to the arena with their cell phones, riding waves of emotion through a strong figure show on Sunday in the capital of the state to recall and raise money for the victims of the middle collision outside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
The Legacy on Ice Benefit event contained a group of a group of some of the best American skaters from the past and current participation to pay tribute to 67 people who died when a military helicopter collided with a flight of American Airlines and crashed into the Potomac 29 River.
“Everyone grieves in their own way, and last month was truly challenging for many of us to get caught up in the size of this loss,” said Evan Bates, who won with Chock Olympic gold in Beijing 2022. “I think they will gather today and do something tangible like the show they will give people, I hope, some light hope and some light for the next step forward.”
The American Sports of Kristi Yamaguchi and Brian Boitano have amplified the play, which included performances such as Glenn, Johnny Weir and the royal male world champion Ilija Malina, along with honoring victims.
Max Naumov responds after performing on March 2, 2025. He appeared in Washington at The Legacy on Ice, which is a tribute to the support of families and loved ones affected on January 29, 2025, an airport from the Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Airport. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
“We’re not powerless,” Boitano said, opening the show. “As skaters, we learned to be resistant and always find a path that is positive.”
Ted Leonsis, head of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, who organized the event with American skating figures, DC Fire & Ems Foundation and The Greater Washington Community Foundation, hopes to do so at Capital One Arena help families in the healing process in the way that concerts and sports York 2001 after 9/11.
“Sports can play this ripe and medicinal role,” Leonsis said. “Our goal is to allow the community to heal, a kind of collective embrace for these communities, but then we want to raise a lot of money.”
The boards of the boards had 67 stars, one For each of the victimsand sliders put flowers on the landslide of the candle table before they start their routines.
“We are all here to support each other, whether our friends were on that plane, family members, coaches, teammates, loved people,” said the 2014 Olympic team, Jason Brown, who slid the “impossible dream”. “We all travel for this sport. We have to do what we love. And travel is such a huge part of what we do, so it has all hit us all because this is exactly such an integral part of what we do, as well as the people we are closest to.”
Glenn launched things, performing on “Rise Up” Andra Day and collapsed in tears in Central ice when she was done. Weir, whose family moved to Newark, Delaware, when he was 12 to continue his skating career, he dedicated his performance to members of the Skating Club of the University of Delaware, who were on the 5342 Wichit’s US flight from Kansas after being in accordance with the state development camp.
“It was a very traumatic experience for me and it is really only devastating to me when I hear it when it all happened, and I really wanted to have something that everyone can remember as a family, like the whole community we remember,” Malin said. “All our daily lives, every time we step on ice, we will always think about them. Every time we compete, they will always be in our hearts.”
Peggy Fleming, the 1968 Olympic champion, said she hoped the event “would” heal and give strength to our skates in the future. ” Alysa Liu wants to try to honor the memory of the lost so she can “continue”.
“It’s still a fight and it was a fight,” said Liu, who made Mariah Carey “hero”. “By gathering and seeing everything again, he was definitely a more convincing feeling. And that’s just because everyone knows exactly how everyone feels.”
Ilia Malinin performs on March 2, 2025. In Washington, The Legacy on Ice Event, a skating figure honoring for supporting families and loved ones affected on 29 January 2025, Midair Collision above DC (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Forty -one years after winning gold at the Olympic Games, Scott Hamilton slid to ice and led a prayer. “Imagine” blows from the Arena speaker during a ensemble, Malin blinded the crowd with his routine filled with a jump, and Lady Gaga “Hold My Eunce” was the speech record of the big finals of the emotional show with two plus-sama.
“It was just an amazing show,” said the temporary executive director of Sam Auxier. “You could even see that Ilija’s passion and feelings because of what happened in their sliding.”
There were hundreds of first answers and members of their family among the audience of over 15,000. Some came from the distant Baltimore to be part of the effort to rescue and recovery.
“This was an incredibly challenging scene for those first answers,” said DC Fire and EMS Foundation CEO Amy Mauro. “The things they witnessed are very difficult and will stay with them for a long time. It is part of their process of grief and healing.”
In addition to being a gathering Figure skatersThe first answers and all families affected by a collision, the intention was to raise money for all of them.
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“We have heard from families about things like schooling for young children who are in elementary school today, but also things like therapy and health care they need,” said the monumental president of foreign affairs and the main administrative director Monica Dixon. “Each family will choose how to use these funds in the best way they choose.”
The event was broadcast live on a monumental sports network and was flowing on Peacock. NBC will show Encore performance on March 30.
“We hope so: that’s how we collect a lot of donations,” Leonsis said. “People care. The lesson in this is that if you personalize something like that, you can gather and do the right things the right way.”
