The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night were just beginning their journeys to stardom.

Courtesy of Everly and Alydia Livingston/Instagram Sisters and figure skaters Everly and Alydia Livingston are among the victims of the American Airlines plane crash over the Potomac River in Washington,

The U.S. skating community was in mourning on Thursday after learning several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport. The plane,