Olympic figure skating legend Nancy Kerrigan broke down in tears Thursday during a press conference over the skaters whose lives were lost in the collision of an American Airlines plane and military helicopter in Washington, DC.

“We’ve been through tragedies before as Americans, as people, and we’re strong,” she said sat the Skating Club of Boston. “I guess it’s how we respond to it and my response is to be with people I care about.”

Six of the US Figure Skating members killed in the collision Wednesday night were affiliated with the club, according to executive director Doug Zeghibe, per The Associated Press.

“I needed support, so that’s why I’m here,” Kerrigan, who won Olympic bronze in 1992 and silver in 1994, said.

Kerrigan, 55, an alumna of the club, said she’s “not sure how to process” the devastating loss.

“I think it’s a shock, and then when you find out you know some of the people on the plane, it’s … even a bigger blow.”

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President Donald Trump says there were no survivors after an American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.

At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac, officials said. Officials say they believe there were no survivors. If that is the case, the collision would be the deadliest U.S. air crash since 2009.