Grandson of 1961 Plane Crash Victim To Compete at the 2009 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships

Daniel "Danny" Ryan, was the 1953 U.S. National ice dance champion. He also won the bronze medal in ice dancing at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952 and 1953. Ryan was one of the U.S. figure skating coaches who died in the 1961 plane crash where the entire U.S. figure skating team perished.

Nineteen year old Christopher Nolan is Danny Ryan's grandson. He will be competing in pair skating at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that will take place in Cleveland, Ohio next week. Isn't this a wonderful story? Today, many people in figure skating don't know who Danny Ryan is, but through his grandson, the Ryan figure skating legacy lives on!

• Grandson of 1961 crash victim continues legacy - By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, on IceNetwork.com

_{Christopher Nolan holds up his grandfather's world championship ice dance bronze medal - Photo by JO ANN Schneider Farris}