Figure skating coach Natalya Gudin spoke out after her husband and their students died in the American Airlines plane crash in Washington, D.C.

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that coaches, athletes and their family members were killed in the collision while coming back from a camp in conjunction with the championships.

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

U.S. Figure Skating is confirming several skaters are among the victims of the Washington, D.C., plane crash, a news that's impacted members of the skating community across the country. One local figure skater said she knows firsthand just how much these individuals meant to the sport.

Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

The Kansas City Figure Skating Club reacted to the loss of a community in a plane crash near DC.

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For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash investigation on Friday, Jan. 31. WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY on Thursday evening that investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier CRJ700 airplane that collided in midair with an Army helicopter,

U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., where it crashed into a helicopter mid-air.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The deaths came after the passenger jet was preparing to land shortly before 9 p.m. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after flying from Wichita,