On March 2, Capital One Arena will host 'Legacy on Ice,' a figure skating tribute honoring victims and first responders from the January airplane and helicopter collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The event aims to raise funds for several charities, including the US Figure Skating Family Support Fund. With participation from noted figure skaters and co-hosted by Olympic champion Brian Boitano, the event seeks to activate community engagement and has already garnered over $20,000 in donations since its announcement.
These tragedies go from-you read about and hear about it on TV, then it starts to go down the road of being very, very personal. We said, let's do more, let's try to activate the community, let's try to get the sponsors involved, let's try to get our season ticket holders involved.
We want to get the message out far and wide. It would be great to have the whole community come here and celebrate these lives, but also to raise a lot of money.
The mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on January 29 claimed the lives of 67 people, including local figure skaters returning from a training camp held after the US Figure Skating Championships.
The live tribute, co-hosted by Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano, will feature more than nine champion figure skaters, including Fairfax's own Ilia Malinin, along with Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinksi, Scott Hamilton, and Kristi Yamaguchi.
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