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In 1961 a Plane Crash Killed the Entire U.S. Figure Skating Team. Here's
How the Tragic Legacy Lives On
18 of the sports top skater died while en route to competition
Laignee Barron
Fifty-seven years ago this month, the U.S. figure skating team was
devastated by a plane crash. The star-spangled athletes were on their way to
compete at the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, where
they were expected to score medals and launch into preparations for the 1964
Olympics. When the plane went down in Belgium, all 72 people onboard were
killed, including the 18 skating hopefuls. The tragedy was mourned across
the nation and shattered the figure skating world, which the U.S. had
dominated for over a decade. The legacy of the accident continues to shape
the sport to this day through a memorial fund that still supports U.S.
skaters, including some of this year’s Olympians, the Washington Post
reports.
The Crash
Flight 548 took off from New York on Valentine’s Day, 1961. As TIME wrote
in its Feb. 24, 1961 issue:
It was shortly before 10 o’clock next morning when the 707 neared Brussels.
Something must have been wrong in the cockpit: for the last 20 minutes of
flight, Pilot Louis Lambrechts did not contact Brussels Airport. He made a
wheels-down approach, but went round again, possibly because a Caravelle jet
was taking off. On his second turn, breasting the flat fields near by at
500 ft., he increased his speed, wrapped the giant 707 into an almost
vertical bank. Brussels tower flashed the emergency signal, and fire trucks
and ambulances began rolling down the landing strip.
What caused the plane to go down on a clear skies day was never determined.
Some investigators blamed faulty stabilizers.
The Skaters
No one survived the crash. Rescue workers recovered Team USA jackets and
copies of the Sports Illustrated issue that just the day before take-off had
featured 16-year-old Laurence Owen on the cover as “America’s most
exciting girl skater.” Owen, her older sister — the pairs skater Maribel
Owen — and her mom were all on board. So was Dudley Richards, Maribel’s
skating partner and the 1961 U.S. pairs champions. As was Bradley Long, the
1961 U.S. men’s champion, Rhode Lee Michelson, U.S. bronze medalist, and
Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce, the 1961 U.S. ice dancing champions.
“These were the finest skaters in the country,” the secretary of the U.S.
Figure Skating Association said at the time, predicting it would be a “long
road back” for American skaters.
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The Legacy
In the weeks following the accident, U.S. skating officials established a
memorial fund to honor the skaters and foster a new generation of athletes.
According to the Post, the fund has distributed more than $15 million, and
its beneficiaries have included 2018 Olympians Adam Rippon and Ashley Wagner.
“If it wasn’t for the memorial fund or people who contribute to it, I
wouldn’t have been able to continue my training,” Rippon said in a U.S.
Figure Skating video last year.
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发帖数: 1 | 2 空难后满地的美女尸体
乳房跟阴道组织到处都是
真是太惨了 | W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 3 你看到过？
：空难后满地的美女尸体
：乳房跟阴道组织到处都是
：真是太惨了
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: 空难后满地的美女尸体
: 乳房跟阴道组织到处都是
: 真是太惨了
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