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A heartbreaking clip of a teen skater killed alongside her family in the crash involving an American Airlines passenger plane and a black hawk helicopter Wednesday (January 29) night ambitiously talking about her future has resurfaced.
Everly Livingston, 14, and her sister, Alydia, 11, known in the figure skating community as the "Ice Skating Sisters," as well as their parents, Peter and Donna, were identified as passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342. The family, who lived in Ashburn, Virginia, was returning from Wichita, Kansas, following a National Development Camp helt at U.S. Figure Skating Championships over the weekend.
Last year, Everly, then 13, spoke to FOX 5 DC about her early success and figure future goals in skating.
“My goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world,” she said in the video shared on the Ice Skating Sisters' YouTube account (h/t the New York Post).
Everly was described as being "shy and reserved compared to her sister, yet came alive on the ice - becoming a sectional champion at the intermediate and juvenile levels," according to a tribute to the family shared by The Skating Lesson Facebook account.
U.S. Figure Skating initially confirmed that "several" skaters, coaches and family members were killed in the crash above Reagan International Airport on Wednesday night in a statement obtained by ESPN Thursday (January 30) morning.
"U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C.," U.S. Figure Skating said, though not identifying the members of the team onboard the flight. "We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims' families closely in our hearts."
First responders are treating the collision as a rescue mission as officials "don't believe there are any survivors," among the suspected 64 passengers aboard American Airlines Flight 5324 and three soldiers on the Army helicopter, District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly said during a news briefing Thursday morning via CBS News.