Peggy Fleming, a 1968 Olympic champion in figure skating, is opening up about the “heartbreaking” similarities between the Washington D.C. plane crash and the 1961 plane crash at the beginning of her career.

Peggy Fleming recalls 1961 plane crash that killed U.S. figure skating delegation. Sunday, she'll participate in show honoring victims of D.C. crash.

The tribute show "Legacy on Ice" will feature dozens of the most well-known faces in American figure skating, from Peggy Fleming to Nathan Chen.

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.

"Legacy on Ice" will benefit first responders and the families of the victims of the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington, D.C.

Among those lending star power to the tribute/fundraiser are 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano and 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi.

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among a bevy of figure skaters added ... “It says so much about our figure skating community and how tight knit we are and the support that we have for each other.” Twenty-eight members of the figure ...

Peggy Fleming, a former Olympian, tells PEOPLE the January plane crash involving U.S. Figure Skating shares some "heartbreaking" comparisons to the 1961 plane crash that killed 18 members of the ...

Fleming contacted U.S. Figure Skating and offered to be a part of the show. “It’s all so tragic,” she said. “We want the families to know we care.” So this weekend, 76-year-old Peggy ...

Olympic icon Peggy Fleming was visiting a friend in California on the morning of Jan. 30 when her husband Greg Jenkins called from their home in Colorado to tell her about a plane crash in ...