LI figure skater mourns DC plane crash victims — including ‘baby skating sister’: ‘Like a really bad nightmare’

A Long Island figure skater revealed the devastating moment she learned five people she knew including her “baby skating sister” were aboard the doomed American Airlines flight Wednesday night.

Audrey Shin, a Smithtown native, woke up Thursday morning to the heartbreaking news of the mid-air collision between Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, DC.

The 20-year-old competed with her fellow skaters at the National Development Camp during the US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan. last week but flew home a few days earlier than some of the other athletes.

Shin says she knew at least five peers were booked for the return flight to Washington DC, and immediately began making phone calls, News 12 Long Island reported.

Some of the calls went unanswered as Shin started to fear the worst.