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- Feb 16, 2010
As a hockey fan in addition to figure skating, I was wondering if anyone else had heard the news of yesterday's plane crash in Russia, resulting in the deaths of 43 people. Among those dead were almost the entirety of the KHL (Kontinental Hockey League, a major Russian-based European league) team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, 4 players from their junior team, the coaching and support staff, and the pilots and flight crew. Total was 43 dead.
Reports are that 2 of the 45 on the flight survived, flight engineer Alexander Sizov, and player Alexander Galimov. Both are in Moscow right now. At least Galimov (on whom there are more reports) is under the care of Russia's top burn-care doctor, and has been able to at least somewhat communicate with his father who is with him at the hospital.
This link: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587792 is to the NHL's most up to date article on the crash, including names of known players who had participated in the NHL. The coach, Brad McCrimmon, was also a former NHL player who had gone to Russia to coach in hope of possibly ending up with an NHL coaching job. The players in general, according to Wikipedia, are from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Slovakia. In Europe, I know this is much bigger news than in the United States. A friend who lives in the Czech Republic is from the same town as the late Karel Rachůnek, one of the players on the flight.
As skating fans who have gone through a tragedy like this, especially with the 1961 crash and the RISE movie earlier this year (which immediately came to my mind when I saw the news yesterday afternoon), I just thought you all might understand.
Reports are that 2 of the 45 on the flight survived, flight engineer Alexander Sizov, and player Alexander Galimov. Both are in Moscow right now. At least Galimov (on whom there are more reports) is under the care of Russia's top burn-care doctor, and has been able to at least somewhat communicate with his father who is with him at the hospital.
This link: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587792 is to the NHL's most up to date article on the crash, including names of known players who had participated in the NHL. The coach, Brad McCrimmon, was also a former NHL player who had gone to Russia to coach in hope of possibly ending up with an NHL coaching job. The players in general, according to Wikipedia, are from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Slovakia. In Europe, I know this is much bigger news than in the United States. A friend who lives in the Czech Republic is from the same town as the late Karel Rachůnek, one of the players on the flight.
As skating fans who have gone through a tragedy like this, especially with the 1961 crash and the RISE movie earlier this year (which immediately came to my mind when I saw the news yesterday afternoon), I just thought you all might understand.
