The gathering of enthusiastic, hard -working and happy young people ended with tragedy.
One of those who died in Washington’s air crash was a 16-year-old promising figure skater Spencer Lane.
Turma, which claimed 67 people, has been widely shocked by the world. One community that Turma has particularly touched is figure skaters. The American Airlines plane, which collided with a military helicopter, had, among other things, former top figure skating, future promises and their family members.
PeopleAccording to the magazine, 16-year-old Lane was a promising athlete who dreamed of the Olympics. Lane updated social media with a lot of news from his promising career.
Boston Skating Club skaters Spencer Lane and Jinna Han were among the dead. EPA / AOP
In the event of Turma, Lane was returning from the US Figure Skating National Development Camp, where less than 150 young athletes are selected each year.
Access to the camp is a big milestone for ambitious young people, which signals that a career is in a good model and that even bigger things can be achieved in a career.
– I’m so happy that I have received an invitation to a national development camp. It has been my goal since I learned that there was one, Lane wrote on social media after the camp ended.
– I learned so many new things I can use in my daily life. And I met so many incredible people!
In a photo published in Lane, he poses in a joint picture with over ten other children and adolescents.
After entering the accident, Lane posted another picture – a sample of the wing of the machine.
Lanen’s mother, who was with her son, also died in Turma. Father and brother were left to mourn their family members.
Joy and laughter
Former Finnish Figure Skating Peak and still in a tight Susanna Rahkamo He says he had been in contact with a person who was organizing a development camp and was responsible for coaches training.
Messages carried to Rahkamo tell the same story as the 16-year-old Social Media updates of Spencer Lane.
– The camp had been very successful and everyone had been terribly good. People laughed. Then came this. An unimaginable and terrible situation, Rahkamo says.
A friend and colleague at Rahkamo Camp was one of the last people who saw the people who had emerged.
– He rose to his own machine from the adjacent gate. Every ten minutes left his flight and flight to Washington. The last time he has seen them, the group has queued up.
Rahkamo himself traveled to Tallinn for the European Championships on Friday.
– I’ve only met a couple of people, but everyone is updating it. This is the event that was shaken by the whole community.
International skating union Daddy On Thursday he took part in the grief of all relatives and relatives who died in Turma.
– Yesterday had also been a quiet moment and a touching atmosphere, says Rahkamo.