Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan says she couldn’t simply sit at house after studying that a number of members of the determine skating group had died within the devastating plane collision close to Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
On Thursday, the determine skating legend determined to talk alongside fellow athletes at a press convention on the Skating Membership of Boston — the place she is an alumna and among the late skaters skilled.
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Whereas talking to reporters, Kerrigan was clearly heartbroken, as seen in a video shot by CNN.
“I’m unsure how to process it,” a clearly frazzled Kerrigan started whereas brazenly weeping.
“Which is why I’m here,” she mentioned, noting she had obtained requests to do interviews associated to the collision. “I didn’t feel like it was right to be home and doing interviews for this.”
She later added, “We’ve been through tragedies before as Americans, as people, and we are strong. And I guess it’s how we respond to it, and so my response is to be with people I care about and I love, and I needed support. … I think it’s a shock.”
Kerrigan acknowledged the collision was disastrous for “anyone that was on that plane, not just the skaters, because it’s just such a tragic event,” however mentioned she felt “an even bigger blow” when she realized she personally knew among the individuals who have been killed.
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“We just wish them well and the families — the courage and the strength to make the next steps,” she mentioned. “I don’t know how — you look at people who go through tragedies, and you wonder how they do it. I don’t know, but we’re so strong.”
On Friday, The Related Press reported that over 40 our bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River since a industrial American Airways flight collided with an Military helicopter whereas the aircraft was touchdown at Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport close to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night time.
President Donald Trump politicized the tragedy Thursday, expressing his opinion only a day after the incident that it was one way or the other as a consequence of variety, fairness and inclusion efforts and particularly blaming disabled individuals who work for the Federal Aviation Administration. However federal investigators instructed reporters Thursday they’d not speculate on the trigger, and that air crash investigations can take months to be conclusive.
