Two New England mothers and their children were among the 67 victims killed in the midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight over Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.

Authorities say they fear there are no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided midair near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.

Several New England residents were on the flight that crashed at Reagan Airport on Wednesday; coaches, athletes, and family members from the Skating Club of Boston.

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

Six of the victims on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River have been identified as members of the Skating Club

An American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening.

Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.

A small commercial airliner and a military helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport Wednesday evening, D.C. Fire and EMS confirmed.

"Just the horror that the parents are going through — that blows me away," said Joanne Kispert, whose father died in the 2001 crash of AA Flight 587 in New York. "It makes me so sad for the families."

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

Following Wednesday's tragic airplane accident in Washington D.C., TD Garden paid tribute to the victims of the accident Thursday.

Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.