Adorable ice skating couple from Delaware are among youngest child victims of plane crash horror

Two of the youngest victims of the deadly Washington, DC, airplane crash have been identified as an up-and-coming-youth ice skating duo.

Youth ice dance partners Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the fateful flight back from the US Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas, with their coach, the Delaware News Journal reported.

Yang and Kay were killed alongside their coach, Alexandr Kirsanov, the coach's wife, confirmed to the local news outlet.

They were members of The University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, according to social media posts from the organization.

'We have Angela Yang/Sean Kay & Zoe Stone/Jerry Stone heading to Wichita for National Development Camp with Emmanuel Savary competing in the Championship Men event,' the club said on January 21.

Yang shared several pictures from her time in Wichita just hours before the doomed flight.

'Had so so much fun at camp!!! I’m really gonna miss my friends and all the great coaches! I can’t wait for next year!' she said.

'It was a lot of fun watching all the skaters at Kansas! I had a lot of fun sitting with my friends watching amazing skaters! I wish I could watch it all over again!' 

The duo won first place in several categories in the 2025 Midwestern Sectional Singles & U.S. Ice Dance in Plano, Texas, in November.

Yang wore a beautiful pink sequin dress while they skated in the juvenile dance free dance final. 

She celebrated the results on Instagram, captioning her post, 'I am so happy with our results at our first finals together!'

US Figure Skating confirmed that several skaters, coaches and their family members were on board the flight, and had been returning home from the National Development Camp, which is held in conjunction with the national championships. 

'We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims' families closely in our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and will release more information as it becomes available,' the sport governing body said in a statement.