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<v Speaker 1>Teacher.

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<v Speaker 2>This is w b Z, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 3>We defining local.

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<v Speaker 1>News twenty five Clear Cold Sonny in Boston. It's eleven

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock on Laurie Kirby. We continue our coverage. We are

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<v Speaker 1>standing by for President Donald Trump, who is expected to

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<v Speaker 1>speak shortly about less night's deadly plane crash over the

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<v Speaker 1>Potomac River in Washington, d C. Sixty four people were

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<v Speaker 1>on board that lane, including members of the local figure

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<v Speaker 1>skating community. No one survived, and Doug Zegheim is CEO

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<v Speaker 1>of the Skating Club of Boston, which operates out of Norwood.

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<v Speaker 1>He says two of the club's teenage skaters, their mothers,

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<v Speaker 1>and two coaches are among the dozensteads.

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<v Speaker 4>Spencer Lane and his mom. Spencer is about sixteen. I

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<v Speaker 4>think I believe turning seventeen early next year. Gina Hahn

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<v Speaker 4>about the same age, and her mom, Jin and Nan

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<v Speaker 4>Verdem and Jan You are the coaches that we already talked.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get more in this special report from ABC News.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a special report from ABC News. I'm Brian Clark.

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<v Speaker 3>There are no survivors after Wednesday night's collision between an

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<v Speaker 3>army helicopter and an American Airlines Regional passenger jet with

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<v Speaker 3>sixty four people on board. The plane was descending at

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<v Speaker 3>Reagan National Airport near Washington, d C. The recovery operations

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<v Speaker 3>continue in the frigid Potomac River.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm very proud of our first responders who ran towards

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<v Speaker 5>jet danger, got in dangerous waters and are really working

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<v Speaker 5>hard to support those passengers. And on the military personnel

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<v Speaker 5>on that helicopter.

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<v Speaker 3>That's DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The

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<v Speaker 3>Blackhawk helicopter, with three crew members on board, was carrying

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<v Speaker 3>out a routine training mission, sources tell ABC an early

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<v Speaker 3>part of the investigation focuses on the helicopter's height. On

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<v Speaker 3>that passenger jet members of the US figure skating community

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<v Speaker 3>returning from a national event in Wichita.

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<v Speaker 1>This is ABC News, and again we learned they were

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<v Speaker 1>members of the Skating Club of Boston, which has its

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<v Speaker 1>facility in Norwood. The entire skating community is devastated. Well

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<v Speaker 1>of more coming up shortly here on that deadly plane crash.

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<v Speaker 1>The recovery efforts are still underway. Hamas led militants have

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<v Speaker 1>now freed eight hostages as part of the ceasefire deal

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<v Speaker 1>in the Gaza Strip. It's been a chaotic handover. The

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<v Speaker 1>hostages were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands by

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<v Speaker 1>mass militants. Now Israel later began releasing one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>ten Palestinian prisoners after the swap was initially put on

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<v Speaker 1>hold by Prime Minister Benjamin Nettin Yahu, who demanded that

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<v Speaker 1>mediators assure this effects of hostages. He later said he

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<v Speaker 1>received that commitment. Lots of sun, very cool out there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's only twenty five degrees in Boston. Are high today

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eight. Many of you will walk out and say

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<v Speaker 1>it feels colder. It is real. Feel around fifteen or

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen degrees out there, very chilly, and again very sunny.

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<v Speaker 1>We clowd up tonight near twenty five early and then

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<v Speaker 1>we rise. We're going to see a real warm up

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow as a new system comes in. That will be rain,

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<v Speaker 1>because we're in the forties tomorrow before we dive back

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<v Speaker 1>down into the freezing zone thirty two on Saturday, mostly

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<v Speaker 1>sunny and dry. Sunday is a mix of rain and snow,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're all over the meteorological map, so we have

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<v Speaker 1>a visual. Now the White House podium. We are standing

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<v Speaker 1>by for President Donald Trump was about to hold a

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<v Speaker 1>news conference on the deadly midair collision last night over

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<v Speaker 1>the Potomac River. Sixty four people were on board the

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<v Speaker 1>American Airlines plane. It collided with a military helicopter. Three

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<v Speaker 1>troops on that and we're told that nobody has survived.

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<v Speaker 1>We also learned this morning that among the dead six

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<v Speaker 1>members of our local figure skating community. Hes Yle Shaffle

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<v Speaker 1>is at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood with more.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a day of grief here for the Skating Club

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<v Speaker 2>of Boston and Norwood as they lose two teenage skaters

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<v Speaker 2>and more.

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<v Speaker 4>Besides Spencer and the best way possible is a crazy kid,

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<v Speaker 4>highly talented, like incredibly talented. Gina just a wonderful kid,

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<v Speaker 4>great athlete, great competitor, loved by all that CEO Doug Zeghib.

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<v Speaker 2>They're recounting the lives of Spencer Lane and Gina Hahn,

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<v Speaker 2>both those skaters, the air mothers and two revered coaches

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<v Speaker 2>parish on American flight fifty three forty two.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what the word is. Is it wrecked,

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<v Speaker 4>is it devastated? Folks are just stunned by this.

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<v Speaker 2>He calls us a horrible loss both for the club

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<v Speaker 2>and for the sport. The two coaches, Vadim Nomov and

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<v Speaker 2>Genya Shishkova, were both highly regarded and influential. I asked

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<v Speaker 2>if the club would remain open this week. Zeg Hive

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<v Speaker 2>says yes.

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<v Speaker 4>Skaters are resilient and they want to skate. I think

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<v Speaker 4>also they come to the club and will come to

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<v Speaker 4>the club as an opportunity to come together.

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<v Speaker 2>Kyle Schaffel to be busy Boston's Housh Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>The crash is made for an uneasy day in the sky,

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<v Speaker 1>said Logan Airport over now to wbz's Jim McKay. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel for the families.

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<v Speaker 6>What happened in Washington last night is everyone's worst nightmare.

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<v Speaker 6>Sheila is flying back to Charlotte after visiting her daughter

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<v Speaker 6>in Boston and is flying with a heavy heart today.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a tragic John is from Annapolis, Maryland heading back

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<v Speaker 6>home via BWI Airport.

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<v Speaker 1>But I know there's still ice and if it's.

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<v Speaker 6>Only talking about the conditions of where the recovery operation

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<v Speaker 6>is now taking place just outside of Reagan National.

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<v Speaker 3>Hopefully they were quick.

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<v Speaker 6>Unfortunately we have received the update there were no survivors.

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<v Speaker 6>As the investigation is ongoing. Thoughts and prayers for the

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<v Speaker 6>victims and their families front and center from everyone across

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<v Speaker 6>the country from Logan Jim McKay, WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of unanswered questions. Obviously still too soon to

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<v Speaker 1>even say what causes midair collision. You are now in

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