The American Airlines flight that collided with a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter was carrying members of the figure skating community, the U.S. Figure Skating Association (USFSA) said on Jan. 30.
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00:00I will attest to that, going through something tragic, not like this, but myself, that the communities stood behind me, and I'm grateful for that, and so it's my turn now to hopefully be here.
00:16I'm not sure what it is to do, maybe get somebody a cup of coffee, but a hug, I'm here for hugs. I don't know, it's just, I want to be able to give back what I feel like I got.
00:28The sport will rebound. It always hurts to lose coaches of a talent we lost. In 1961, the same thing happened. We lost some very, very outstanding coaches, but coaches came up and worked harder.
00:45It's, to us, it's just terrible, and it's sad, and we just feel we need to be together. That's why you see so many hugs today, and I don't know how to handle this, but, and the last thing I would want to do would be a press conference, but we all felt we need to be here, and I'm glad to see you all here because that means you care, and will help.
01:14Help us all try to deal with this, and we're thinking and loving the family members who are going through such a terrible time right now.