COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — It was a somber night time on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum as dozens of individuals got here collectively to recollect and mourn the lives misplaced on the American Airways airplane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night time.
“All of it comes collectively right here tonight and form of one of many areas the place skating has had such a protracted legacy. Determine Skating in Colorado Springs has lengthy been a convention,” stated Justin Dillon, U.S. Determine Skating’s Senior Director of Athlete Excessive Efficiency.
Dillon stated he had simply come dwelling from Wichita, Kansas after a week-and-a-half of the U.S. Championships and the determine skating camp, when he obtained the information of the crash in Washington, D.C.
“Instantly, the threads of textual content messages started the place all of our skating household got here collectively to attempt to put the items collectively who probably may’ve been on that flight and simply making an attempt to substantiate that these people truly took that airline,” Dillon stated.
Within the days following, he stated the determine skating neighborhood got here collectively to start organizing vigils and locations for them to mourn and bear in mind the lives misplaced. On Monday night, individuals arrived on the museum bringing flowers, playing cards and sort phrases to share.
Some knew among the individuals onboard that airplane or felt shared grief via the closeness of the game. The hope via the vigil was to unfold peace and the message that it’s okay to grieve, however always remember.
“We’ll be grieving for a very long time and I feel we simply must proceed to succeed in out, help each other,” Dillon stated.
