Christine Cheesman is a homeschool mom, an art teacher and a new figure skater. Despite all those roles, she has decided to take on another: Skates of Hope founder. Cheesman, who lives in North Carolina, was at an ice skating rink when she learned what happened to American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with […]
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FAA, NTSB to brief senators on Washington, DC midair collision
Just one week after a midair collision near Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are planning to brief senators. The midair collision between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner was confirmed to have killed 67 people. Since the crash, the FAA has imposed stricter […]
Third soldier inside Black Hawk helicopter involved in DC midair collision identified
The Army has identified the third soldier who was *inside the Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday’s deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport after it had been initially withheld. Cpt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina, served as an aviation officer in the Army from July 2019 and had around 500 hours of […]
Olympic gold medalist says DC plane crash hits home as an athlete: ‘That could have been me’
The plane crash near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night struck the sports world when it was revealed that members of the figure skating community were among those on the American Airlines flight. Six members of the Skating Club of Boston were aboard Flight 5342, and U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement that […]
FBI releases video showing January 2021 pipe bomb suspect planting device outside DNC, RNC offices in DC
The FBI on Thursday released a new video allegedly showing the Jan. 5, 2021 suspect who planted pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee offices in Washington, D.C. Along with the video, the FBI also revealed that the suspect is believed to be about 5-foot, 7-inches tall in an effort to […]


