Beloved Disney on Ice Little Mermaid actress among latest DC plane crash victims

A beloved Disney connected Ice histrion and a parent of 2 young children are among the latest victims identified from the deadly Washington, DC, airplane crash.

An American Airlines pitchy with 64 radical onboard coming from Wichita, Kansas, crashed with a US Army chopper carrying 3 soldiers implicit the icy waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night, sidesplitting everyone. 

The Black Hawk chopper apparently flew successful the jet's path as it tried to onshore astatine Ronald Reagan National Airport. 

At slightest 30 bodies person been recovered from the freezing waters, including respective US and Russian figure skaters and all four formation unit members. 

Famed skater Inna Volyanskaya, 59, was identified arsenic 1 of the clang victims by Virginia Rep. Suhas Subramanyam.

'It’s confirmed that nary of the 67 radical successful past night’s clang survived, including members of our assemblage similar Inna Volanskaya, an crystal skating manager successful Ashburn,' Subramanyam said. 

Volyanskaya competed for the Soviet Union and performed for Disney connected Ice arsenic Princess Aurora, Cinderella, Belle and Ariel, according to her coaching biography.

'She was 1 of the champion skaters I've ever seen, honestly. She was 1 of the champion brace girls to skate,' Volyanskaya's ex-husband, Ross Lansel, told News4.

Lansel said helium is devastated for the children Volyanskaya coached successful Virginia. 

'Just knowing the interaction she made to each the skaters and everyone conscionable hurts my soul, and conscionable I privation each those kids that she taught, conscionable my condolences, and I privation them — each my prayers spell retired to them,' helium said.

'I privation them the champion of beingness and everything due to the fact that I cognize it's going to beryllium truthful hard without her. It's pugnacious due to the fact that arsenic a fig skating coach, you mean a batch to these kids and you're similar the idiosyncratic individual for them.'

US Figure Skating confirmed that respective skaters, coaches and their household members were connected committee the flight, and had been returning location from the National Development Camp, which is held successful conjunction with the nationalist championships. 

'We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims' families intimately successful our hearts. We volition proceed to show the concern and volition merchandise much accusation arsenic it becomes available,' the athletics governing assemblage said successful a statement.

Mother-of-two, Wendy Shaffer, was confirmed arsenic 1 of the victims by her husband's Nate's person Bill Melugin on X. 

Wendy near down her 2 young sons, Shields, three, and Bennett, one. 

'She was a radiant soul, a devoted woman to Nathan, and an unthinkable parent to her 2 beauteous boys,' a GoFundMe said. 

'Her love, kindness, and unwavering tone touched everyone who knew her, and her lack leaves a void that tin ne'er beryllium filled.

'She dedicated her beingness to creating a warm, loving location filled with laughter and care. Her boys were her top pridefulness and joy, and she dreamed of watching them turn into the astonishing individuals she knew they would become.' 

Her husband, Nate, said helium is inactive 'waiting to aftermath up from this nightmare, but I fearfulness this is the truth.' 

'Wendy was not conscionable beauteous connected the outside, but was a genuinely astonishing pistillate done and through. She was the champion wife, mother, and person that anyone could ever anticipation for,' helium said done Melugin. 

'Her love, kindness, and spot touched everyone she met. We volition miss you much than words tin express, Wendy Jo. I emotion you endlessly! Rest successful peace, my love.'