The household of the Delaware skating coach Alexandr Kirsanov was left heartbroken over the lack of their cherished one within the lethal midair collision between an American Airways regional jet and a U.S. Military Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night time.
Each Kirsanov’s spouse, Natalya Gudin, and his daughter, Nicole Kirsanov, opened up on Thursday concerning the tragedy.
Gudin informed ABC Information that Kirsanov had been with two youth ice skaters and that she had spoken together with her husband earlier on Wednesday as he was getting on American Eagle Flight 5342.
“I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends,” Gudin informed the outlet.
In a tribute on her Instagram story, Nicole shared a photograph of her father on the ice alone with a heartfelt message.
“I miss you Dad, I would do anything to bring you back and tell you that I loved you one more time,” she wrote.
In an announcement launched Thursday night time, College of Delaware President Dennis Assanis confirmed that members of the college’s determine skating membership had been misplaced within the tragic incident, together with Kirsanov.
“It is unknown at this time whether these young skaters — who are not UD students — were accompanied by their parents or other chaperones,” Assanis’ assertion learn. “Kirsanov and the skaters trained at the University’s High Performance Training Center, which uses UD ice rink facilities and has been the training home for many years of multiple world-class skating champions and competitors. The figure skating community is tight-knit, and many of our students and coaches have trained and competed alongside those who were lost.”
He added: “Our hearts go out to the families and friends of all of the victims of this horrific tragedy.”
The army helicopter and the jetliner collided shortly earlier than 9 p.m. on Wednesday in what was the deadliest airline crash within the U.S. in over twenty years.
Officers haven’t but supplied any casualty data behind the crash.
At the least 28 our bodies have been pulled out of the Potomac River as first responders proceed restoration operations within the nation’s capital.
