Everly and Alydia Livingston are among the figure skaters killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter

Vadim Naumov, a coach at the Skating Club of Boston, was among the victims of a plane crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. Naumov was traveling with his wife, Evgenia Shishkova, as well as two athletes from the club and their mothers.

John Donnelly, the chief of Washington's fire department, said at a news conference Thursday that 28 bodies have been found and efforts had shifted from "a search-and-rescue operation to a recovery operation.

The skaters who were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River were traveling back from Wichita, Kan., where they attended a national development camp held after the U.

The figure skating community is mourning the victims killed in the crash on the Potomac River. Former Olympians and skating coaches Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov join Chris Jansing to reflect on the lives of those lost.

Figure skaters and others killed in the midair collision near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March.

The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River were just beginning their journeys to stardom.