Legacy on Ice is a benefit

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held in honor of the victims of the mid-air collision over the

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, involving American Airlines Flight 5342 and a United States Army helicopter.

Background

On January 29, 2025, American Airlines Flight 5342, a

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passenger plane enroute from Wichita, Kansas, collided mid-air with a United States Army

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helicopter as it came in to land at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington D.C. The jet and helicopter crashed into the

and killed all 67 people on board. Among the passengers were 28 members of the figure skating community which included young athletes, coaches and family members returning from a national development camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita. In early February 2025, a tribute event was announced, to take place in

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in Washington D.C. on March 2, 2025. All proceeds will be distributed equally between the U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund, Greater Washington Community Foundation's "DCA Together Relief Fund," and DC Fire & EMS Foundation.

Supporters

The tribute was organized by

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, U.S. Figure Skating, DC Fire & EMS Foundation and the Greater Washington Community Foundation and took place on March 2, 2025, at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. It featured multiple generations of figure skating greats, members of DMV Skating Clubs and Skating Club of Boston, and all of Washington's professional sports teams: the

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, the

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, the WNBA's

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, the

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, the

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' D.C. United, the

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, and the

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Attendance and accessibility

Ticket sales and proceeds

has a capacity of 20,000, and tickets went on sale on February 10, 2025, starting from $30 with

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waiving administration fees for the event. According to the organizers, more than 15,000 tickets were sold, and the tribute show raised more than $1.2 million for the victims and first responders.

Television broadcast and media coverage

The event aired live on

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, U.S. Figure Skating's YouTube channel,

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(MNMT) and on the subscription platform Monumental+ on March 2, 2025. The show was also broadcast on

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on March 30, 2025.

Cast

The event was co-hosted by 1988 Olympic champion

Brian Boitano Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963) is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is the 1988 Olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 World Champion, and the 1985–1988 U.S. National Champion. Boitano turned profession ...

and 1992 Olympic Champion

Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist. A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 1992 Olympic champion, ...

. The Legacy on Ice cast members included: *

Jeremy Abbott Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is a former American Figure skating, figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Conti ...

, 2014 Olympic Team Bronze Medalist * Sofia Bezkorovainaya, 2024-25 Team USA * Brian Boitano, 1988 Olympic Champion * Emily Bratti and

Ian Somerville Ian Somerville (born September 1, 2000) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emily Bratti, he is the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2024 U.S. national bronze medalist and 2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist. With hi ...

, 2024 U.S. Bronze Medalists * Jason Brown, 2014 Olympic Team Bronze Medalist * Ashley Cain, Two-time U.S. Pairs National Champion * Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, Two-time Four Continents Ice Dance Bronze Medalists * Kitty and Peter Carruthers, 1984 Olympic Pairs Silver Medalists * Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov, 2020 U.S. Junior Pewter Medalists *

Nathan Chen Nathan Wei Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skating, figure skater. He is the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World Figure Skating Championships#Men, World champion ...

, 2022 Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist *

Madison Chock Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. Together with her husband and skating partner Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, a three-time World champion (2023, 2024 and 2025), ...

and

Evan Bates Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his wife and skating partner, Madison Chock, he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, team event, a three-time World ...

, 2022 Olympic Team Gold Medalists * Richard Dwyer, U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famer *

Alisa Efimova Alisa Borisovna Efimova (, born 8 June 1999) is an American pair skater. With her current partner, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2025 United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national champion and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist. Compe ...

and Misha Mitrofanov, 2025 U.S. Pairs Champions *

Sarah Everhardt Sarah Elizabeth Everhardt (born November 12, 2006) is an American figure skater. She is the 2025 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2025 U.S. national bronze medalist, 2024 U.S. national pewter medalist, the 2024 Cranberry Cup International ch ...

, 2025 Four Continents Bronze Medalist *

Peggy Fleming Peggy Gale Fleming (born July 27, 1948) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968) in ...

, 1968 Olympic Champion *

Amber Glenn Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is the 2024–25 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, 2024–25 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2024 & 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Cha ...

, 2024 Grand Prix Final Champion *

Gracie Gold Grace Elizabeth Gold (born August 17, 1995), known as Gracie Gold, is an American figure skater. She is a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, a six-time Grand Prix medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), and a two-time U.S. nationa ...

, 2014 Olympic Team Bronze Medalist * Scott Hamilton, 1984 Olympic Champion *

Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Ann Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American former figure skating, figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships, 1991 World Championships and the Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, 19 ...

, 1994 Olympic Silver Medalist *

Ilia Kulik Ilya Alexandrovich Kulik (; born 23 May 1977) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995 European Champion, the 1997–1998 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1995 World Junior champion. Career Kulik began skating ...

, 1998 Olympic Champion * Isabeau Levito, 2024 World Silver Medalist * Alysa Liu, 2022 World Bronze Medalist *

Jimmy Ma Jimmy Ma (born October 11, 1995) is an American figure skater. He is the 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2025 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, the 2018 ...

, 2025 Four Continents Bronze Medalist *

Ilia Malinin Ilia Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World champion (2024 World Figure Skating Championships, 2024 & 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, 2025), two-time Grand Prix of Figure Skating ...

, 2024 World Champion * Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman, 2025 U.S. Pairs Silver Medalists * Yebin Mok, 1998-2008 Team USA * Maxim Naumov, 2025 U.S. Pewter Medalist *

Camden Pulkinen Camden Pulkinen (born March 25, 2000) is an American figure skater and he is the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2024, 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2025 U.S. bronze medalist. He competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and is ...

, Two-time U.S. Bronze Medalist *

Andrew Torgashev Andrew Torgashev (born May 29, 2001) is an American figure skater. He is the 2024 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist, 2025 U.S. national silver medalist, 2019 Asian Open Trophy silver medalist, the 2016 Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, and the ...

, 2025 U.S. Silver Medalist *

Michael Weiss Michael Weiss may refer to: Sports * Michael Weiss (figure skater) (born 1976), American former figure skater * Michael Weiss (swimmer) (born 1991), American swimmer * Michael Weiss (triathlete) (born 1981), Austrian triathlete and cyclist * Michae ...

, Two-time World Bronze Medalist *

Johnny Weir John Garvin Weir (; born July 2, 1984) is an American television commentator and retired figure skater. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World ...

, Three-time U.S. Champion *

Paul Wylie Paul Stanton Wylie (born October 28, 1964) is an American figure skater, and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in men's singles skating. Personal life Wylie was born on October 24, 1964, in Dallas, Texas, to Bob Wylie (a geophysicist) and B.L. ...

, 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist

References

External links

Official website
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