Norwood, Mass. -In Thursday morning, it was impossible to not notice clean and sparkling ice sheets when entering the Boston Skating Club. It was to go there to young skaters and to give them a real gesture to display their magnificent talents. Instead, the ice was not used in the morning and afternoon, and the symbol of the heartbreaking person was felt throughout the old organs of this historic century.
On Wednesday night, 67 people who died of 67 people died of a collision of Army Helicopter and American Eagle Number 5342 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were related to Boston’s skating club. , Dark; Skater Spencer Lane and his mother Christine Lane; Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova coach. They returned to Boston through Washington after participating in the National Development Camp in Kanto.
If they return home, Jinna Han and Spencer Lane would have planned to return to the ice in the club’s huge practice facility. Instead, no one skated as a tightly woven community mourned.
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Doug Zeghibe, the CEO and director of the club, said, “It will be packed in an hour,” standing next to an unused ice sheet early on Thursday afternoon. He began many competitions in March, including the World Figure Skating Championship in 2025, in the TD Garden of Boston, hosted by the Boston Skating Club in March. Depending on the schedule, the club is wearing an activity.
But on Thursday, the front lobby was a place for Boston Skating Community members to share stories and hugs. Visitors won the 1994 Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, including the 1956 Olympic champion, the 89 -year -old Tenley Albright. Both women grew up in the Boston region and were trained in skating clubs. The main ice surface of the NORWOOD facility opened in 2020 is called the Tenley E. Albright Performance Center.
Albright, who became a prominent surgeon after her figure skating experience, said, “I have no answer.” “I can’t believe that it happened because I painted it here.” She added:
Nancy Kerrigan is hugged by the Skating Club of the Boston staff. Tenley Albright, with tearful tears, stands on the left. (USA Today through Marc Vasconcellos / The EntePrise / Imagn Images)
In addition, the 16 -year -old Patrick Blackwell of East Greenwich RI, a bronze medalist of the American Jr. Figure Skating Championship, was attended. Blackwell was a friend with Spencer Lane.
Blackwell said, “It is heartbreaking to know that this can have a big impact on the community. “But all communities gather together to recognize everyone’s passing. Skater, family. ”
Blackwell said Lane was caring for, friendly and happy. “Every time he landed new, he came to me and said,” Hey, I landed it. “
Founded in 1912, the Boston Skating Club was based on a humble facility along the Charles River near Boston’s Brighton, not far from Harvard Stadium. The club’s long history and brighton roots played a role in the new facilities of Norwood on Thursday. This is not the first airline tragedy of the skating club. In 1961, the US Figure Skating Team died of a plane that was married to members at the World Championships in Prague in Belgium. Ten delegations were from Boston’s skating clubs. Plaque was placed in the club room of the Brighton facility.
Ann Buckley, chairman of the Boston Skating Club, sees a plaque in honor of 10 members who died in a plane accident in 1961. (Steve Buckley / work out))
When a new facility opened, the plaque traveled to Norwood and was placed across from the lounge overlooking the two links on the wall on the second floor.
Paul George, a long -time member of the Boston Skating Club, is noticeable between the collisions.
“My wife knocked me on his shoulder at 6:30 in the morning and told me 64 years ago as my father did. “As Tenley said, we lost all friends. We all grew up together, skating together, and trained together. We even went to the party. ”
George links to the latest tragedy in 1961, saying, “We think, pray and hope for our families. Then the music will come and we will go forward, and we will be more determined and more determined. ”
An Buckley, chairman of the Boston Skating Club, inspired the club that the club had a skating lesson, identified his talents, and rebuilt the class.
Berkeley said, “Patience and elasticity are guiding our club’s value.”
Patrick Blackwell, the 16 -year -old RI East Greenwich, was friendly, friendly, and happy to remember Spencer Rain. (Steve Berkeley / work out))
By 5 o’clock, the ice sheet of Tenley E. Albright Performance Center is clean and not used. But outside the corridor, young skaters continued to arrive, some of them were alone, and some of them cried and cried, and some cried. They have no direct relationship with 1961. They are teenagers and young people, and many are facing tragedy for the first time.
They will meet.
Now no one likes skating.
27 -year -old Misha Mitrofanov (we will come back tomorrow. ”
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(Tenley Albright), at a press conference held at the Boston Skating Club on Thursday, Doug Zeghibe and Nancy Kerrigan: Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globes via Getty Images)
