Skating Club of Boston Retrospective On the 1961 US World Team Crash In Belgium

[Sam_Boni]

A link to the Skating Club of Boston posting on YouTube:

Commemorative Virtual Panel Discussion Honoring the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team

The Adult Community Activities Committee presents a panel discussion with host Jimmy Morgan and special guests, as they reflect back on the period surroundin...

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[BlissfulSynergy]

^^ How lovely! What a treat!

This video should be shared far and wide. Pass it on to others. There should be more viewing numbers and likes! This history is so important. And the 1961 team should never be forgotten.

It's wonderful to see Frank Carroll and Tenley Albright, et al.

 

[cl2]

I attended the virtual panel live. It was heart wrenching yet powerful and inspirational at the same time. Thanks for sharing the video!

 

[PaulE]

Sam_Boni, thanks for posting the link. I enjoyed listening to this very much. I remember reading about the plane crash in the newspaper when I was in college. It was great to hear from people who actually knew and trained with the passengers of that flight. The last 8 or 9 minutes were a blast.

 

[Sam_Boni]

Two books that cover the 1961 Belgium Crash, going into biographical detail about the lives and skating competitions of those pioneering American athletes who untimely perished that dark February day:

a) Frozen In Time, author Nikki Nichols. Clerisy Press, 2006. Available via Amazon.

b) Indelible Tracings, author P.B. Bushman, Stewart & Grey, 2010. Currently Unavailable on Amazon. Check your local library network for availability.

There were plans not long ago to produce a film about the Crash, but that effort reputedly scuttled due to objections from certain prominent American Skating mavens....

 

[Sam_Boni]

Another newspaper report on the tragedy...

Elliott: U.S. figure skating plane crash remains vivid 60 years later - Times News Express

The memories flood back at random times and stir the ache etched in Carol Heiss’ heart 60 years ago, when a plane crash devastated American figure skating

timesnewsexpress.com

 

[cl2]

Two books that cover the 1961 Belgium Crash, going into biographical detail about the lives and skating competitions of those pioneering American athletes who untimely perished that dark February day:

a) Frozen In Time, author Nikki Nichols. Clerisy Press, 2006. Available via Amazon.

b) Indelible Tracings, author P.B. Bushman, Stewart & Grey, 2010. Currently Unavailable on Amazon. Check your local library network for availability.

There were plans not long ago to produce a film about the Crash, but that effort reputedly scuttled due to objections from certain prominent American Skating mavens....

Are you referring to the film RISE? It's not about the crash itself, but about the lives of the team.

Also, this article appeared in the Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02...-day-us-figure-skating-history-is-remembered/

 

[Sam_Boni]

Are you referring to the film RISE? It's not about the crash itself, but about the lives of the team.

Also, this article appeared in the Boston Globe: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/02...-day-us-figure-skating-history-is-remembered/

No, not RISE. An earlier effort, around 2003.

That Globe series was very well done.