Two of those coaches were identified by the Kremlin as Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov

Two Russian figure skating coaches with Connecticut ties were among those killed after an American Airlines flight and Army helicopter collided and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night.

Several passengers who were on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night included figure skaters who were returning from the U.