DC plane crash widow reveals fateful choice that killed husband and saved her life

A grief-stricken widow who lost her husband on American Airlines Flight 5342 when it crashed in Washington DC has revealed they made a spontaneous decision on who would be on the flight. Natalya Gudin and her husband Alexandr Kirsanov coached two young figure skaters but only one of them would accompany the pair to Kansas for the National Development Camp for figure skating. Natalya Gudin and her husband Alexandr Kirsanov, seen here, coached two young figure skaters and had to decide who would accompany them to Kansas for the National Development Camp for figure skating Gudin last spoke with her husband on Wednesday afternoon when he was at the gate at the airport in Wichita, Kansas The American Airlines plane smashed into a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as it came into land at Reagan National Airport just before 9pm on Wednesday. Kirsanov, seen here in a photo from 2004, was the one who ended up making the trip alongside the two kids, who all lost their lives in the midair collision Sean Kay and his skating partner Angela Yang died on the American Airlines flight with their coach Alexandr Kirsanov They were members of The University of Delaware Figure Skating Club, according to social media posts from the organization.