Wednesday's D.C. plane crash took the lives of several young figure skaters, a tragic echo of a crash that occurred in 1961.

Two teenage skaters, their moms, and two former world champions who trained at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Central North Carolina has a close knit figure skating community that was rocked by a horrific tragedy on Wednesday. A Triangle figure skating coach told ABC11 that Thursday has been a day of grieving.

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Winterhurst Figure Skating Club Coach and former national medalist Tonia Kwiatkowski says the local figure skating community is grieving the loss of their fellow skaters.

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

The U.S. Figure Skating community is heartbroken after learning athletes, coaches, and families were on board the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C.

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.

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

History moves in weird and fluid ways, like the winding of a long, jagged stream that stretches out into unexpected directions. Take the recent collision between the American Airlines jet and the Army helicopter,

Professional figure skater Andrei Lavrentiev is mourning the death of his friend and skating partner Inna Volyanskaya.