Saturday marks a month to the day when 67 people were killed after a commercial plane collided by a helicopter while landing at DCA airport in Washington, DC
Among these were members of the art skating race that returned from a tournament in Kansas.
During their home match against Tampa Bay Lightning, the Washington Capital’s honor the victims with a label on their helmets will be; Tampa Bay players will carry them too.
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Emergency Response units are searching for the American Airlines Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed last night by approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided in Midair with a military helicopter as he approached Ronald Reagan National Airport. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people aboard both aircraft. (Tasos Catopodis/Getty Images)
Decals have a figure skate and a hockey skate with the date “1.29.25” surrounded in the form of a heart.
Six members of Skating club in Boston Was aboard Flight 5342, and the American art skating said in a statement that “several members of our skating” were on the plane.
A close -up of the label members of the capitals and Lightning wears Saturday. (Washington Capitals)
Two former Olympiers, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were also among the victims of the crash, the Kremlin confirmed.
There were 60 passengers and four crew members aboard the American Airlines flight and three soldiers aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter.
The caps run away with the eastern conference and lead with 82 points.
Alex Ovechkin, No. 8 of Washington Capitals, skates against Utah Hockey Club on November 18, 2024, at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images)
Not only are the Stanley Cup challengers, but long-standing team captain Alex Ovechkin is on the quest to become the league’s leading scorer. Ovechkin is only 13 goals away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky, whose 891 goals are most ever.
