In a tragic turn of events, the entire US figure skating team perished in a plane crash in 1961, and today marks another somber reminder with 14 lives lost in a similar tragedy.

A black-and-white photo shows a group of people, likely the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating World Team, posing happily in front of an airplane. One person holds a sign that reads 'U.S. FIGURE SKATING ASSOCIATION'. Overlaid text at the top declares 'A MEMORIAL FUND TRIBUTE: WE MUST NEVER FORGET' and explains that this photo commemorates the 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crash, which killed the team and led to the creation of the U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund. The article is dated February 13, 2020.

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