A Connecticut father was among the people who died in the American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, according to State Sen. Martha Marx. The victim was named Casey Crafton, a husband and father of three sons from Salem.

Two of those coaches were identified by the Kremlin as Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

Two Russian figure skating coaches with Connecticut ties were among those killed after an American Airlines flight and Army helicopter collided and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night.