Teen ice skater, 14, shares future ambitions in heartbreaking video before dying alongside sister, 11, and parents in DC plane collision

A teenage figure skater who was aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that came crashing down in flames Wednesday night shared her hopes to represent Team USA in a video before her tragic death.Everly Livingston, 14, died alongside her 11-year-old sister Alydia, and their parents, Peter and Donna Livingston, in the mid-air collision between Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, DC.Everly and Alydia, who hailed from Ashburn, Va., were known in the figure skating community as the “Ice Skating Sisters,” and were returning home from the US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.with their fellow skaters at the National Development Camp.Last year, the then-13-year-old spoke to FOX5 DC about her accomplishments and her hopes for the future on the skating rink.“My goals are to actually be a part of Team USA and travel around the world,” she says in the heartbreaking video.The teen was said to be “shy and reserved” when compared to Alydia, however, she “came alive on the ice — becoming a sectional champion at the intermediate and juvenile levels,” according to a tribute shared on Facebook.Both sisters played an integral part in the Washington Figure Skating Club and often shared their routines on the ice in clips on social media.In their tragic final Instagram post, shared just five days before their untimely deaths, the sisters smiled in front of an ice rink at the championships in Wichita.“If you look closely at Alydia’s badge… We were born ready for this,” they captioned the snap.

“But is @usfigureskating ready for this much Livingston at Nationals?”In a separate Instagram post shared just hours before the tragedy, Everly’s coach Inna Volyanskaya praised the teen and her skating partner Franco Aparicio for their dedication to the sport.“Congratulations on Everly and Franco for making it to the national development camp for their second year,” Volyanskaya wrote.“So proud ...