Wife of Delaware Skating Coach Killed in DC Plane Crash Left Destroyed by Tragedy: ‘I Lost EVERYTHING’

Kona to a Delaware skating says she has “lost everything” after learning her husband was One of the victims Killed when an American Airlines aircraft collided Midair with an army helicopter in Washington, DC, late Wednesday night.

Natalya Gudin told WPVI That she and her husband, Alexandr “Sasha” Kirsanov, were both skating in Delaware. She remembered the now heartbreaking decision that she and her husband took that Kirsanov would travel to Wichita, Kansas, for a development camp.

Rescuers on boats work as the sun rises on the spot of the crash after a black Hawk helicopter collided with American Eagle Flight 5342, which approached Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River outside Washington, DC, January . 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

“We are husband and wife,” she told the station. “We decided who is going to, who will be at home,” she said. “We decided he would go to the development camp.”

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Kirsanov, 46, was one of 67 people killed when the American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan Washington National Airport around 10am. 21 local time.

What began as a search and rescue effort turned to a recovery operation after officials said they thought there were no survivors.

Among the victims, several members of the art skating included. Us art skating Released a statement confirming the victims returned from a development camp held after the US Art Skating Championships in Wichita, which concluded on Sunday.

“I lost everything. I lost my husband. I lost my students. I lost my friends,” Gudin told the station.

President Dennis Assanis of the University of Delaware released a statement on Thursday, confirming that Kirsanov, a former art skating with the university, was one of the victims of Wednesday’s crash.

Photos of victims after the collision between an American Airlines jet and an American black hawk helicopter. (Getty Images)

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“I am incredibly sad about sharing the news that several members of the art skating associated with the University of Delaware were among those who tragically lost their lives in an aircraft’s collision last night in Washington, DC,” his statement read .

“Kirsanov and the skaters trained in the university’s high-performance gym, which uses out Ice Rink facilities and has been training homes for many years with several skating in world-class of our students and coaches have trained and competed with those who were lost.”

Assanis also confirmed that Kirsanov was with “two young skaters” on the flight. He identified them only as members of the out -art skating, but Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., Later, they identified them as Sean Kay and Angela Yang.

“I am destroyed by hearing the news that at least three Delawareans died during yesterday’s air collision. Sasha Kirsanov, Sean Kay and Angela Yang went to Wichita to pursue their passion for art skating. It is a tragedy that none of them turned Back home to our state, “his post on X read.

Part of the wreck is seen as lifeboats search the water in the Potomac River after a plane by approach to Reagan National Airport crashed into the river near Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Delaware is a state of neighbors, and tonight we keep all our neighbors a little closer. My heart goes out to Sasha’s wife Natalia, University of Delaware Art Skating and any other Delawarean touched by the three.”

Kirsanov’s daughter, Nicole, also issued a tribute to social media after the loss of her father.

“I miss you dad I would do everything to bring you back and tell you that I loved you once again,” she wrote in a post on Instagram.

Kirsanov was an eight-time national coach and a three-time international junior world coach with almost a decade of experience.

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