VIDEO SHOWS: INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF U.S. OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATING AND U.S. FIGURE SKATING ABOUT THE MID-AIR COLLISION OVER THE POTOMAC RIVER ON JANUARY 29, 2025, THAT KILLED MEMBERS OF THE U.S. FIGURE SKATING COMMUNITY. FILE FOOTAGE OF CRASH AFTERMATH, PUBLIC OFFICIALS COMMENTING ON IT AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUDIO DURING THE INCIDENT EDITORS NOTE: RESENDING EDIT, WHICH ORIGINALLY RAN ON JANUARY 21, 2026, TO MARK ANNIVERSARY SHOWS: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 30, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)(NIGHT SHOTS) 1. EMERGENCY RESPONSE BOAT SEARCHING POTOMAC RIVER ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)(NIGHT SHOTS) 2. EMERGENCY HELICOPTER SURVEYING SITE OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT ON POTOMAC RIVER 3. EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES ON BANK, LIGHTS FLASHING 4. EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLASHING / CAPITOL BUILDING BEHIND WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 30, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) D.C. MAYOR, MURIEL BOWSER, SAYING: "We are here to brief you on the very tragic events of this evening where we know a passenger plane coming to the airport here collided with a military helicopter." INTERNET (FILE – JANUARY 30, 2025) (U.S. FIGURE SKATING – Access all) (MUTE) 6. SCREENGRAB OF STATEMENT FROM U.S. FIGURE SKATING, READING, (English): “U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C. These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and will release more information as it becomes available.” NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 7. VARIOUS OF U.S. OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER AMBER GLENN POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 8. (SOUNDBITE)(English) AMBER GLENN, FIGURE SKATER, SAYING: “It's hard to put into words how much that affected all of us and the families and just made us really come together as a community to appreciate each other and to lose not just the children, but the coaches, the parents. It was something that was so unexpected and hard, but we're all grieving and moving forward together.” 9. GLENN POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 5, 2026) (U.S. FIGURE SKATING – Broadcast: May use no more than six (6) minutes of practice footage per day. May use no more than thirty (30) consecutive seconds per news program. May use no more than two (2) minutes of total practice footage per news program. May use practice footage in no more than three (3) news programs per day. Each news program containing practice footage must be separated by at least three (3) hours. Digital: May use no more than six (6) minutes of practice footage per day. May use no more than thirty (30) consecutive seconds per digital story. May use no more than two (2) minutes of total practice footage per digital story. May use practice footage in no more than three (3) digital stories per day. Digital stories containing practice footage must be separated by at least three (3) hours.) 10. GLENN PERFORMING A PRACTICE RUN DURING THE 2026 PREVAGEN U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 30, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital and in our nation's history and a tragedy of terrible proportions. As one nation, we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly." NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 12. U.S. OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER ALYSA LIU POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) ALYSA LIU, FIGURE SKATER, SAYING: “I feel like it helped a lot of people realize kind of like what's truly important and it made us all realize why we do this too, and we acknowledge – or I was able to acknowledge that this sport means so much to so many people and that's so beautiful. But we were able to stick together. I feel like it brought a lot of us closer in a weird, like, grieving way.” 14. LIU POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 15. U.S. FIGURE SKATER JASON BROWN POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 16. (SOUNDBITE)(English) JASON BROWN, FIGURE SKATER, SAYING: “And I think something that's really hard in any sport is you talk about the future of the sport and you talk about what could be. And so, there's such a loss that way. And I just want all those athletes and all those families to know that the skating community is behind them 100%. And we are a family that way and we want to show up for one another.” 17. BROWN POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 18. U.S. OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATERS AND ICE DANCE PARTNERS MADISON CHOCK AND EVAN BATES POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 19. (SOUNDBITE)(English) MADISON CHOCK, FIGURE SKATER, SAYING: “It really…I think just kind of brought everyone together. And we shared an appreciation and a gratitude for the time that we are given here and the opportunity we have to pursue what we love. And for those lost in the plane crash, it was cut short. And so in their honor, we're going to continue to be grateful for the opportunity that we have, to do what we love.” 20. CHOCK AND BATES POSING FOR PHOTOS AT U.S OLYMPIC SUMMIT 21. (SOUNDBITE)(English) EVAN BATES, FIGURE SKATER, SAYING: “It's not a wound that will ever fully heal, but I think the opportunity to skate and lead our lives as a legacy to them is the best thing that we can do.” ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 11, 2026) (IMAGN IMAGES – Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry/Imagn Images) (MUTE) 22. STILL PHOTO OF U.S. OLYMPIC FIGURE SKATER MAXIM NAUMOV, WHOSE PARENTS VADIM NAUMOV AND EVGENIA SHISHKOVA DIED IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. PLANE CRASH, POSES FOR A PHOTO FOLLOWING THE 2026 U.S. OLYMPICS FIGURE SKATING TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT SHOW AT ENTERPRISE CENTER. 23. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF NAUMOV PERFORMING DURING THE 2026 U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ENTERPRISE CENTER. 24. STILL PHOTO OF NAUMOV REACTING DURING THE 2026 U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT ENTERPRISE CENTER. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 29, 2025) (AUDIO: LIVEATC.NET – Must courtesy LIVEATC.NET / STILLS: REUTERS – Access all) 25. AUDIO OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CLEARING AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 33 AT RONALD REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT SHORTLY BEFORE COLLISION / OVERLAID WITH REUTERS STILL SHOWING EMERGENCY SERVICES ON BANKS OF POTOMAC WITH U.S. CAPITOL IN BACKGROUND 26. AUDIO OF AIRCRAFT SAYING: "Tower, did you see that?", APPARENTLY REFERRING TO CRASH / AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IMMEDIATELY REDIRECTING FLIGHTS TO "GO AROUND," MEANING ABORT LANDING / OVERLAID WITH REUTERS STILL SHOWING AMBULANCES ON BANKS OF POTOMAC 27. VARIOUS AUDIO FROM MINUTES AFTER CRASH IN WHICH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IS HEARD DIRECTING AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE AIRSPACE AND GO TO OTHER AIRFIELDS / OVERLAID WITH REUTERS STILL SHOWING AMBULANCES ON BANKS OF POTOMAC 28. AUDIO OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TELLING AIRCRAFT ON GROUND THAT OPERATIONS MAY BE SUSPENDED FOR "30-40 MINUTES" / OVERLAID WITH REUTERS STILL SHOWING DEBRIS IN POTOMAC 29. AUDIO OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SAYING: "I don't know if you caught earlier what happened but there was a collision on the approach into 33. We're going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future if you want to go back to the gate…(INDISTINCT)" AIRCRAFT RESPONDING "(INDISTINCT)…we witnessed the whole thing…(INDISTINCT)" / OVERLAID WITH REUTERS STILL SHOWING DEBRIS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES IN POTOMAC WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE – JANUARY 30, 2025)…
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