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Scott Hamilton was brought to tears on the Friday, Jan. 31 episode of the Today show as he reflected on the loss the U.S.

figure skating community is feeling after the tragic D.C. plane crash that claimed the lives of 14 skaters and coaches.

"It’s been overwhelming," Hamilton, 66, said during a virtual interview with Today co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin.

"It’s beyond the skating community. So many people see this tragedy and the loss of these brilliant young skaters that have poured their lives into building an identity in our sport. For their lives to be taken… and the coaches...

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is just devastating, shocking… it just doesn’t make any sense."

"This is where the community comes together," he said. "It’s a very tight-knit, very close-knit, very wonderful, caring, supportive community. We’re no stranger to tragedy, but this is just beyond devastation."

The 1984 Olympic champion turned TV commentator went on to explain that h

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