Ice skater Maxim Naumov is being cared for by a household pal “24 hours a day” after the lack of his mother and father, 1994 World Champions Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who died within the latest Washington D.C. aircraft crash.
Pals of Naumov, 23, opened as much as Individuals in an interview revealed on Sunday, February 2 in regards to the younger skater’s day-to-day life for the reason that fateful crash that claimed the lives of 67 folks.
“I do know a pair who’s with him proper now,” mentioned Ekaterina “Katia” Gordeeva, a former teammate and shut pal of Naumov’s mother and father. “They weren’t even in Washington but, however … that morning [of the plane crash], all of us related straight away, all of the folks from Simsbury.” Simsbury is the city the place Naumov lived along with his mother and father.
Determine skater Maxim Naumov boarded a flight out of Wichita simply days earlier than his mother and father had been killed when their American Airways aircraft crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 29. Naumov, 23, competed on the U.S. Determine Skating Championships in Wichita on Sunday, January 26, along with his mother and father, Evgenia Shishkova and […]
The girl staying with Naumov “is sort of a godmother to him, and he or she is with him proper now there and her husband,” Gordeeva additionally defined.
Sixty-seven folks, together with 14 determine skaters, died within the crash on January 29. The skaters had been returning residence from the U.S. Determine Skating Championships in Kansas on the American Airways flight that collided mid-air with a army helicopter. The Skating Membership of Boston despatched 18 athletes to the competitors, and CEO Doug Zeghibe mentioned six members of the membership’s staff members had been killed. Nobody survived the crash.
Along with Evgenia Shiskova and Vadim, the staff additionally misplaced Spencer Lane, his mom Christine Lane, and Jinna Han and her mom Jin Han.
A number of determine skaters have spoken out after American Airways Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River. Information broke on Wednesday, January 29, that the airplane, which departed from Kansas, crashed into an Military helicopter close to Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport in Washington, D.C. The aircraft fell into the Potomac River, with emergency crews responding to the […]
“Our sport and this Membership have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,” the membership mentioned in a press release. “Skating is a tight-knit neighborhood the place mother and father and children come collectively 6 to 7 days per week to coach and work collectively. Everyone seems to be like household. Of the skaters, coaches and fogeys on the aircraft, we consider six had been from The Skating Membership of Boston. We’re devastated and fully confused.”
The assertion continued, “These athletes, coaches and fogeys had been coming back from U.S. Determine Skating’s Nationwide Growth Camp, following final week’s U.S. Championships in Wichita. This camp is for younger aggressive skaters of tomorrow with essentially the most promise to be a champion of tomorrow. The Membership despatched 18 athletes to compete on the U.S. Championships. It despatched 12 athletes to the Nationwide Growth Camp.”
An investigation into the reason for the crash is ongoing. On Saturday, February 1, U.S. Determine Skating introduced it had launched a fund supposed to supply monetary help to the relations of those that died within the crash.
