It was the first national championship held following the deaths of the entire 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating team in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 near Brussels , Belgium on February 15 , 1961 . Not only were all of the 1961 champions dead , but so were the skaters who might have been expected to challenge them for the titles
Sabena Flight 548
Sabena Flight 548
1962 U.S. Figure Skating Championships