Christine Cheesman is a home school mother, an art teacher and a new art skater. Despite all those roles, she has decided to hire another: Skates of Hope founder.
Cheesman, who lives in North Carolina, was on an ice rink when she heard what happened to 5342 of the American Airlines when it collided in the evening hours of January 29 with a helicopter of the US Army Washington, DC, The killing of all 67 on board when the two aircraft in the Potomac River fell.
Twenty -eight of the victims from flight 5342 were “members of the art skating community”, the Olympic website. Eleven were young athletes, four were coaches and 13 were family members.
“As a mother it was breathtaking,” she said about learning the Airplane crash. “Even now, thinking, it is really difficult to try to understand what the parents feel and the families who have lost everything.”
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Cheesman’s 12-year-old daughter became addicted to figure skating After a school trip after school and the mother, the ice also touches.
“Being on ice, it’s freedom,” she said. “It’s beautiful. Every day I get on the ice after this tragedy, it just has a renewed sense of goal for me and also for my daughter.”
“I think it’s hard for her to understand,” said Cheesman. “I mean, these are people they looked for online and followed their Instagram stories.”
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Skates of Hope Gifts Skates in honor of those lost on flight 5342. Cheesman uses Instagram to help her take the donations before sending them to Skaters in need.
“The skaters who receive the skates are just so grateful,” she said, adding that coaches reach her to bless athletes who have fallen at difficult times by motivating them with a free pair of skates.
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Photos of victims after the collision between an American Airlines -Jet and an American Black Hawk -Helikopter.
Cheesman’s goal is to make Skates of Hope a non -profit organization, and any monetary donations that come in could go to the families who have lost lovers during the DC plane crash.
Anyone who wants to donate skating or should be the recipient of a few Contact her via Instagram.
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The DC plane accident was the deadliest in the US since 12 November 2001, when a jet hit in a New York City district just after taking off, killing all 260 people on board and five on the ground.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
