Community Rallies To Help VA Skaters' Families Tied To DC Plane Crash

ASHBURN, VA — A GoFundMe site has been established to help the families with ties to two Northern Virginia ice rinks who lost loved ones in Wednesday's crash of an American Airlines plane at Reagan National Airport, organizers said Monday.

The GoFundMe account Support Ashburn Ice, MCI Skating Community Impacted by 5342 was set up to help families with ties to Ashburn Ice House and Medstar Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, according to a news release.

The fundraiser has a goal of reaching $250,000; $72,000 had been donated as of 3 p.m. Monday.

Both facilities were venues where figure skaters killed in the crash with an Army Black Hawk helicopter trained, and where coaches who died in the accident worked.

Officials said there were no survivors from the collision, which involved 60 passengers and four crew members on the American Airlines flight and three military members on the Army Black Hawk helicopter.

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On Friday, residents who frequent Ashburn Ice House paid tribute to victims and showed support for the facility by bringing flowers.

Fiona Beabout, a 9-year-old from Ashburn, was one of the community members who left flowers at Ashburn Ice House.

"The ice skating community to me is really important. I've been skating since I was 4 years old," Beabout told Patch. "It's really sad [to think about] the families of ice skaters."

Both ice rinks are managed by CRP Management Group Inc.

Rob Lorenzen, the manager of the Ashburn Ice House, told reporters Friday that at least 15 of the victims are associated with the Ashburn and Arlington facilities. That number includes figure skaters, families and coaches. Lorenzen declined to name any victims, who were returning from a figure skating training camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

"It's been a very emotional time for us managing through these 48 hours," said Lorenzen at a media briefing Friday. "We were devastated to learn that the members of our skating community were on the American flight when it crashed Wednesday night."

In order to honor and remember the skaters, coach and assist the families of those who died, the GoFundMe account set up to disperse all donations made to the families.

The account states, “Every skater has a home rink. We were honored to be theirs.”

Multiple members of the U.S. and international figure skating community were aboard the American Airlines passenger plane that an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with. According to reports, the families from Loudoun County were leaving the national development camp held alongside the U.S. championship in Wichita, Kansas.

Ashburn figure skaters Everly Livingston, 14, and Alydia Livingston, 11, and their parents Donna Smojice Livingston and Peter Livingston were among the 60 passengers on board with four crew members, family members confirmed to WJAC TV.

Brielle Beyer, a 12-year-old figure skater, and her mother, Justyna Beyer, of Aldie, were also on the flight, father and husband Andy Beyer confirmed to ABC News.

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