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Christine Cheesman is a mom in the house, art teacher and a new skate. Despite all these roles, she decided to take over another: skates of the founder of hope.
Cheesman, who lives in North Carolina, was at the skating rink when she found out what happened to the Airrican Airlines Flight 5342 when he collided with the US Army helicopter in the evening of January 29 Washington, DC, Killing all 67 on board when two aircraft came into the Potomac River.
Twenty -eight victims from the Flight 5342 were “members of the Skating Community”, The Olympic Games Website. Eleven were young athletes, four were coaches and 13 family members.
“As a mom, she took my breath away,” she said about the knowledge of aircraft crash. “Even now, thinking about it, it’s really hard to try to understand what parents feel and families who have lost everything.”
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Cheesman’s 12-year-old daughter has become hooked figure skating After a school trip, and Mom also hits the ice.
“Being on ice, it’s freedom,” she said. “It’s wonderful. Every day after this tragedy I go to the ice, it’s just like a renewed sense of purpose for me and my daughter.”
“I think it’s hard for her to understand,” Cheesman said. “I mean, these are the people she was looking at on the net and followed their Instagram stories.”
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Gift skates slide hopes in honor of those lost on Flight 5342. Cheesman uses Instagram to help her take donations before sending them to skates in need.
“The skates who receive skaters are just grateful,” she said, adding that the coaches extend her hand to bless the athletes who fell in difficult times, motivating them with a free pair of skates.
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Photographs of victims after a collision between Airrican Airlines and American Black Hawk helicopter.
Cheesman’s goal is to make skates of hope for non -profit organizations, and any money donations can go to families who have lost loved ones in an airline accident.
Anyone who wants to donate skates or be the recipient of a couple should Come to her via Instagram.
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The collision of DC aircraft was the most deadly in the United States from November 12, 2001, when a jet broke into a neighborhood in New York, just after taking off, killing all 260 people on board and five on Earth.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
