Coach reflects on young skaters killed in plane crash

Описание: (31 Jan 2025)
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Norwood, Massachusetts - 31 January 2025
1. Various of skaters practicing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Olga Ganichera, Coach, The Skating Club of Boston:
"She (Jinna Han) was our little superstar. It was a lot of work, a lot of hopes, a lot of invest, a lot of stress together. We go together really much through everything. And her dream was Olympic and she was good enough. Her nickname, Jinna's nickname was Jinna Starina. It's a star. When she was perform everybody have standing ovation and scream because she was a little star."
3. People at the skating facility hugging
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Olga Ganichera, Coach, The Skating Club of Boston:
"Well, when we came, 6:00 in the morning the first we met our students and parents. Everybody start to cry. They cry and they cannot stop so I tell everybody because Jinna was such a happy and bright and family was very happy, supportive people, we have to be strong because all these kids who is right now, not kids, skaters, training, they're going to the world, they're going to junior world, they're going to international Asian Games. I'm flying also next week to China. So they all needs to work. So I tell please to memory of Jinna and Spencer (Lane) because it was such a bright, sweet kid, we just need to keep trying and act like it's normal."
5. Skater practicing
STORYLINE:
The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River were just beginning their journeys to stardom.

They were learning how to perfect toe loops and axels, sit spins and step sequences. They had just been to a development camp after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, where they had been learning how to skate with grace and flair.

A coach says she's grieving along with other young skaters and encouraging them to keep alive the memory of those lost.

So they all need to work. I tell please to memory of Jinna and Spencer because it was such a bright, sweet kid, we just need to keep trying and act like it's normal," said Olga Ganichera, one of the coaches at The Skating Club of Boston."

Some, like Spencer Lane, had built substantial followings on social media, giving their fans an inside look at the life of an aspiring Olympian. Others, like Jinna Han, dazzled even experienced figure skaters with her preternatural ability.

As friends, family and fans continued to mourn Friday, stories and pictures began to emerge of those killed in the crash.

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