Bob Schrock and his wife, Lori Schrock, perished on Wednesday night – two of the 60 passengers aboard American Airlines flight 5342 as the jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night. No one survived.
Hundreds of mourners turned out to Wichita City Hall in Kansas on Thursday afternoon, some wiping away tears, to share their shock at the crash of an airplane from their city and turn to a higher power.
"This is going to be really hard on our skating community for a very, very long time," said Wichita Skating Club President Jolene Taylor. "You don't think that tomorrow they might not be here."
Sixty-seven people are presumed dead following a collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter.
The figure skating community describes itself as "tight-knit," and members in the Kansas City area are feeling the impacts of the tragedy.
Mayor Lily Wu urged the city to focus on unity at a prayer vigil held for victims of a plane crash in D.C. The doomed flight departed from Wichita.
The tragic loss of life due to the commercial plane and military helicopter crash that took place in Washington D.C. is being felt by the Kansas City skating community.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A day after the Wichita City Council and Sedgwick County Commission each approved $125,000 to fund testing for residents who may be affected by the contamination plume at 29th and Grove, tensions boiled over in Topeka.
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