GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Not all superheroes come from comic books.
“In the beginning, when I was growing up and getting introduced to the sport through my parents, I saw them as superheroes at the time,” figure skater Max Naumov told NewsNation local affiliate WOOD-TV.
Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shiskova taught their son to skate at a young age. In their prime, they were a world champion pairs team and were two-time Olympians for Russia. After they retired, they relocated to the United States and became beloved coaches at The Skating Club of Boston.
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But they were on board the American Airlines flight that collided with a Blackhawk helicopter in Washington DC in January. There were no survivors…