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The figure skaters who died in Wednesday’s plane crash are mourned not just because they were young and talented but because, to anyone associated with the sport, they are part of the family.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Figure skaters from Northeast Ohio and beyond are grieving Thursday after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter, killing all 67 people aboard.