Column: For the figure skating community, plane crash has an unimaginable link to past tragedy The world championships, which had previously been scheduled at the home of Boston’s Celtics and ...

Sophie Park for The New York Times Sixty-four years ago, the entire 18-member U.S. Figure Skating team died in a plane crash outside of Brussels, en route to the 1961 world championships in Prague.

The ISU World ... in a plane crash earlier this year in Washington, DC. The figure skating event is drawing fans to Boston from near and far. "I mean, the venue is amazing, so it's kind of part ...