The performers at the “Legacy on Ice” benefit included Maxim Naumov, whose parents, figure skating coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were among those killed when a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near the nation’s capital on Jan. 29.

It’s a big part of our identity, is we fall down, we get up. We get injured, we get up,” skating icon Scott Hamilton said.

World Figure Skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on the American Airlines flight that collided with a US Army helicopter.

The figure skating son of the former world champions and coaches who were killed in the American Airlines tragedy in Washington, D.C. sobbed after an emotional performance dedicated to his late parents Sunday.

Maxim Naumov lost his parents Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova during the tragic Jan 29 American Airlines crash

Figure skater Maxim Naumov returned to the ice for a powerful routine in honor of his late parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in the Washington, D.C. plane crash in January. Maxim,

Little more than a month after a tragic air disaster took the lives of 28 members of the US figure skating community, emotions were on full display Sunday in Washington, DC, for the “Legacy on Ice” tribute.

At the end of his figure skating performance, when the last note of his parents’ favorite song played in an arena packed with spectators and heavy with sorrow, Maxim Naumov dropped to his knees at the center of the ice.