Among those lending star power to the tribute/fundraiser are 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano and 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi.
Doug Lane lost his wife, Christine, and their 16-year-old son, Spencer, in the crash. Spencer was one of six members of the Skating Club of Boston aboard the plane.
The Legacy on Ice show will air on March 2 from 3–5 p.m. ET on Peacock. NBCUniversal’s streaming service, and will simulcast live on MSE’s independent media platform Monumental Sports Network (MNMT) and Monumental+ throughout the DMV region, the area encompassing Washington, D.C., parts of Maryland, and parts of Virginia.
The U.S. figure skating community — which lost 28 people in the crash between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter outside Reagan National Airport last month — decided to honor the deceased by putting on a show.
The special tribute show, titled "Legacy on Ice," will feature performances by more than 40 athletes over two hours at Capital One Arena.
Twenty-eight members of the figure skating community were among the 67 people killed in the Jan. 29 collision and crash.
Three athletes from the Skating Club of Boston will pay tribute Sunday to the 67 victims who died in a midair collision over Washington D.C. in January.
"I call them my kids, my babies, but they're gone, and I'll never get to see them again," said Toni Miller-Lowry, who lost three team members in the crash.
WASHINGTON — Nearly three weeks after a midair collision between a Black Hawk military helicopter and a passenger plane over the Potomac River killed 67 people, members of local figure skating clubs gathered to not only remember the victims but spread awareness about an upcoming charity event.
A star-studded lineup of figure skating icons will perform in a tribute show honoring the 67 people killed in the plane crash over the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
D.C.-area youth figure skaters gathered Monday to be together and comfort each other in the weeks since the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River.
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