At the end of his figure skating performance, when the last note of his parents’ favorite song played in an arena packed with spectators and heavy with sorrow, Maxim Naumov dropped to his knees at the center of the ice. He remained there for what seemed like forever, awash in a spotlight, looking lost and sobbing.

It’s a big part of our identity, is we fall down, we get up. We get injured, we get up,” skating icon Scott Hamilton said.

Organizers of a figure skating benefit event in Washington, D.C. said they have already raised $1.2 million for victims of the plane crash over the Potomac River and first responders.

Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan joined the Wissahickon Skating Club's benefit exhibition, "Skate from the Heart," to honor the figure skaters killed in January's mid-air crash near Washington, D.C.

The Flight 5342 Memorial Skating performance in Wilmette was organized by the DuPage Figure Skating Club. The event featured many who attended the same Wichita, Kansas camp as the skaters who were lost in the tragedy.

Young Chicago-area figure skaters held a tribute Saturday for those killed in the January plane crash over Washington, D.C., including four coaches and 11 skaters.