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.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the fatalities of the American Airlines jet crash into the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night, news has emerged.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov visited Pittsfield with their son, figure skater Maxim Naumov. The family visited as special guests of the Pittsfield Figure Skating Club at its

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov’s son Maxim, who medaled in the U.S. Championships in Wichita, was not on the plane that crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday. He flew home earlier in the week.

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

We skated together. We grew up in Saint Petersburg and we skated on the same ice,” said Marina Eltsova, of Leawood. “It’s surreal. ... I know there are videos of what happened. I just did not want to see it.

The U.S. skating community was in mourning on Thursday after learning some of the country's most promising young figure skaters, as well as parents and coaches, were aboard an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport.