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Skater Says Parents Who Died in Plane Crash Changed Flight Last Minute _ E! News
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3/28/2025
Skater Says Parents Who Died in Plane Crash Changed Flight Last Minute _ E! News
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My mom let me know that they're switching flights and that if I couldn't pick them up,
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my mom always texts me and calls me as soon as they land.
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Maxim Namov is reflecting on the sudden loss of both of his parents.
00:13
The skater's parents, former Olympians Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Namov,
00:19
died on January 29th when a military Black Hawk helicopter
00:23
collided with an American Airlines airplane over Washington, D.C.
00:27
67 people were killed in that mid-air collision and his parents were two of the 28 which were
00:33
members of the figure skating community. It was the first major accident involving
00:37
a U.S. commercial airliner since 2009. In an interview with Today's Craig Melvin,
00:42
March 27th, Maxim reveals his parents were not supposed to be on the doomed flight.
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How did you find out what had happened?
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My mom let me know that they're switching flights and that if I couldn't pick them up,
00:57
my mom always texts me and calls me as soon as they land.
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Maxim's parents were Russian Olympians and world champions. After they retired from competition,
01:05
they had settled in the U.S. and became coaches while raising their only son.
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On March 2nd, Maxim returned to the skating rink for the first time since his parents' death,
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performing a moving tribute at the Legacy on Ice event, which also helped raise money for
01:18
the families of victims as well as first responders who helped in the wake of the tragedy.
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