On board the American Airlines flight 5342 were elite figure skaters, coaches, and relatives who had been at a camp in Wichita. Some of their names have been released by the Skating Club of Boston.
They include Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. They were coaches and 1994 World Pairs Champions. The couple also competed in two Winter Olympics - Albertville in 1992 and Lillehammer in 1994.
NBC 5 Spoke with a North Texan who was close friends with them. Peter Cain sat down with us at a rink in Euless where he coaches. Cain said Evgenia and Vadim came to him for advice many years ago on how to coach their own son, Max.
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