"Just the horror that the parents are going through. It just that blows me away. It makes me so sad for the families," said Joanne Kispert, 74, whose father died in the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York in 2001.

The American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night was carrying a group of elite young figure skaters, their parents, and coaches. They were returning from an invitation-only development camp that was held after the U.

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and two of their Russian coaches.