Officials say no survivors are expected after an American Airlines flight with 64 people onboard collided mid-air with a military helicopter Wednesday evening.

The figure skating community is very small and tight-knit, and Chicago area skaters who were also at the championship in Kansas are now mourning some of the athletes they competed against who died in the DC plane crash.

International Skating Union President Jae Youl Kim held back tears on Friday as he said his organization will seek to honor athletes and others killed in the mid-air collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near Washington,

It was an emotional day Thursday at the Skating Club of Boston, as members mourned the loss of six members of the community in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Figure skaters, coaches, and family members from the Norwood Skating Club died on the plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.