Wife of Delaware skating coach killed in DC plane crash left devastated by tragedy: ‘I lost everything’

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The wife of a Delaware skating coach says she has "lost everything" after learning that her husband was one of the victims killed when an American Airlines plane collided midair with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday night. 

Natalya Gudin told WPVI that she and her husband, Alexandr "Sasha" Kirsanov, were both skating coaches in Delaware. She recalled the now heartbreaking decision that she and her husband made that Kirsanov would travel to Wichita, Kansas, for a development camp. 

Rescuers on boats work as the sun rises at the site of the crash after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Eagle Flight 5342, which was approaching Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Potomac River, outside of Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

"We are husband and wife," she told the station. "We decided who's going, who's staying home," she said. "We decided he would go to the development camp."

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Kirsanov, 46, was one of 67 people killed when American Airlines Flight 5342 and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan Washington National Airport at around 9 p.m. local time. 

What began as a search and rescue effort turned to a recovery operation after officials said they believed there were no survivors. 

Among the victims included several members of the figure skating community. U.S. Figure Skating released a statement confirming that the victims were returning home