Ahead of the Bruins’ matchup against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night, a solemn TD Garden crowd paid tribute to the victims from Wednesday’s mid-air collision in Washington, D.C.
The accident involving an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army helicopter claimed the lives of 67 individuals — including six people with ties to The Skating Club of Boston.
The six individuals linked to the prestigious skating club — teenage skaters Spencer Lane and Jinna Han; their mothers Christine Lane and Jin Han; and coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova — were on board American Airlines Flight 5342 Wednesday and were returning from a skating development camp that followed the US figure skating championships in Wichita, Kansas.