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And several members of U.S. Figure Skating were on the American Airlines flight, including members of The Skating Club of Boston. That club held a press conference this afternoon, and there to answer questions was Nancy Kerrigan, the one-time Olympian. She's an alum of that club, and she told reporters that she needed to be with members of her former club.
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NANCY KERRIGAN: We just wanted to be here and be part of our community (crying). The kids here really work hard. Their parents work hard to be here. But I just - I feel for the athletes, the skaters, their families, but anyone that was on that plane. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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