The figure skating community has been hit especially hard by the midair DC plane crash.
Of the 64 people who were on the American Airlines flight, many were children and members of the figure skating community on their way back from a skating championship in Kansas.
Bob Mock of Pittsburgh is in the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame. He tells KDKA Radio that he was "absolutely devastated" when he heard the news:
"My heart's broken because I can remember seeing all, I worked in the developmental camps for many years for US Figure Skating."
He talks about his memory of the skaters.
"I can remember seeing those young talented skaters and their dreams and their hopes for the future and I just felt so bad when I heard that a lot of these skaters were from the developmental camp."
He says those young skaters were on their way to potentially becoming future champions in the sport.
"We're almost speechless. It's been very, very quiet. We had the newest, and the youngest, and the brightest skaters, upcoming possible champions, and now we've lost them. And it's just set the figure skating community on its heels."
The skaters were returning from the US Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp in Wichita.