Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among the figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.C., for victims of the midair collision and crash outside Ronald Reagan International Airport. Olympic hopeful Isabeau Levito and reigning ice dancing world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates are also scheduled to be part of the “Legacy on Ice” tribute on Sunday. Twenty-eight members of the figure skating community were among the 67 people killed when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight and crashed into the Potomac River on Jan. 29.
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