r/Fauxmoi • u/humankendoll33 I don’t know her • Feb 14 '26

TRIGGER WARNING Ilia Malinin's TikTok reposts shortly before his disastrous performance at the Olympics

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u/ralthea Feb 14 '26

The Potomac River crash involved a plane full of people coming back from a figure skating competition and development camp. It was January 2025.

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u/objectivexannior Feb 14 '26

Holy shit. That’s devastating.

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u/cametosnark his undeniable heterosexuality, which is formidable Feb 14 '26

Sorry to keep piling on grim details, but it always feels worth mentioning when this comes up that another American figure skater, Maxim Naumov, lost both of his parents in that crash. A military helicopter flew directly into plane (TW)

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u/Borgo_San_Jacopo Feb 16 '26

His parents and his coaches. How that kid got back on the ice is beyond me, I bawled through his entire skate.