Two sisters, who figure skated at a national championship in Wichita, Kansas, and their parents were among those killed in the devastating Washington, DC plane crash, relatives said Thursday.
Virginia resident Donna Livingston and her husband, Peter, along with their two daughters, Everly, 11, and Alydia, 14, were named as victims of the horrific collision.
The girls were part of the Washington Figure Skating Club and often shared footage of their spirited routines on Instagram under the handle @ice_skating_sisters.
In a final Instagram post, the sisters posed with smiles in front of the ice at the US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita.
“We were born ready for this but is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?” the heartbreaking photo caption reads.
Donna grew up in central Pennsylvania and went to school in the Westmont Hilltop District before moving to Virginia, where she met Peter, who is from Richmond, relatives told wjactv.com.
She worked in marketing for Comcast Business and recently lived with her family in Ashburn, Va., according to her Facebook page.
Peter Livingston was known as a devoted dad who built an ice skating rink in his yard every winter to encourage his daughters to practice, according to The Burn, a local news site that covers the city of Ashburn.
At least 14 figure skaters were reportedly onboard American Airlines flight 5342 when it collided with a military helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night.
All 67 people aboard the plane and the helicopter are believed to be dead, authorities said Thursday.
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