Figure skaters, their families and coaches confirmed among dead in air crash

Search and rescue efforts are seen around the wreckage site in the Potomac river (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac river.

Doug Zeghibe, the chief executive at the Skating Club of Boston, said on Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.