Vigil at West Hartford Skating Rink Will Honor Victims of Plane Crash

Published On: February 2, 2025Categories: Government, Happenings, Reader Contributed
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Veterans Memorial Rink in West Hartford. Photo credit: Ronni Newton (we-ha.com file photo)

A vigil for the skating victims of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be held at Veterans Memorial Skating Rink in West Hartford on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

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Please join us on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 from 3:35-3:40 p.m. for an on-ice vigil to honor the lives and legacies of the victims of the recent American Airlines Flight 5342 disaster.

This event will be streamed live via LiveBarn.

Peter Montesano, manager of Veterans Memorial Ice Rink in West Hartford, said a few local coaches had connections to some of the skaters who perished in the crash. “They normally skate in Cromwell but that rink does not have LiveBarn which is a streaming rink centric service. Since we have LiveBarn and that time is a figure skating session they asked if we would help out and it was a definite yes,” he said. “The skating community is a wonderful group of people who go to competitions and are close knit and always cheer for each other.”

Feel free to bring a sign of remembrance in memory of the lives lost.

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  1. Jennifer Evans February 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM - Reply

    WHCi reached out and will be live streaming the vigil on YouTube via this link: https://youtube.com/live/a1PIIwNjEdE

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