A teenage determine skater who was aboard the doomed American Airways flight that got here crashing down in flames Wednesday evening shared her hopes to signify Staff USA in a video earlier than her tragic dying.
Everly Livingston, 14, died alongside her 11-year-old sister Alydia, and their mother and father, Peter and Donna Livingston, within the mid-air collision between Flight 5342 and an Military Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
Everly and Alydia, who hailed from Ashburn, Va., had been identified within the determine skating neighborhood because the “Ice Skating Sisters,” and had been returning residence from the US Determine Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan. with their fellow skaters on the Nationwide Growth Camp.
Final yr, the then-13-year-old spoke to FOX5 DC about her accomplishments and her hopes for the long run on the skating rink.
“My goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world,” she says within the heartbreaking video.
The teenager was mentioned to be “shy and reserved” when in comparison with Alydia, nevertheless, she “came alive on the ice — becoming a sectional champion at the intermediate and juvenile levels,” based on a tribute shared on Fb.
Each sisters performed an integral half within the Washington Determine Skating Membership and infrequently shared their routines on the ice in clips on social media.
Of their tragic last Instagram put up, shared simply 5 days earlier than their premature deaths, the sisters smiled in entrance of an ice rink on the championships in Wichita.
“If you look closely at Alydia’s badge… We were born ready for this,” they captioned the snap. “But is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?”
In a separate Instagram put up shared simply hours earlier than the tragedy, Everly’s coach Inna Volyanskaya praised the teenager and her skating accomplice Franco Aparicio for his or her dedication to the game.
“Congratulations on Everly and Franco for making it to the national development camp for their second year,” Volyanskaya wrote.
“So proud of all their hard work and training they have done to get here. What an amazing way to start off the year!”
Everly and Alydia had been amongst 14 members of the US Determine Skating neighborhood aboard the flight from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower Nationwide Airport to Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport.
Observe the NYP’s protection of the lethal DC aircraft collision
The Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet was making ready to land on Runway 33 at Reagan Nationwide when it collided with the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk 400 toes above the river separating Washington DC and Arlington.
On Thursday, officers mentioned that there aren’t any survivors from the collision. All 60 passengers and 4 crew members aboard the aircraft, together with the three troopers within the helicopter had been killed.
That very same day, US Determine Skating confirmed the skaters, coaches and oldsters had been getting back from the Nationwide Growth Camp that was held together with the US Determine Skating Championships held in Wichita from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26.
“We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts,” the governing physique informed The Put up in a press release.
