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A memorial ceremony and dedication to mark the 40th anniversary of the loss of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team took place on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001 in Belgium. On February 15, 1961, Sabena Flight 548, traveling from New York to Brussels, crashed in Belgium, claiming the lives of all 72 passengers on board. Included was the entire 18 members of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team plus 16 of their friends, family and coaches on their way to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The ceremony featured the unveiling of a 5-feet-high stone monument at a small farming town located four miles northeast of Brussels. ——US Figure Skating Association Classification of calamities Types of natural disasters earthquake, volcanoes, tornadoes, flood, hurricane, tsunami, droughts, etc. Types of technical disasters chemical spill/leak, explosions, radiation leakages, collapses, gas leaks from industrial sites, poisoning, fires, and other chemical transit accidents Global Reading 1. Part Division Part I Para. 1-4 18 members of the United States figure skating team pleasantly boarded the plane Sebena Flight 548 to Brussels. Part II Paras. 5-8 However, the plane was exploded and crashed to the ground when it descended to land. Part III Para. 9 The Prague competition was canceled to honor the dead and there was the great impact of this plane crash on the sport of skating in the U.S. Questions for Part I 1) Who was a better skater, Laurie or her sister Maribel? 2) What was the weather like that day? 3) How many times did the pilot try to land? Questions For Part II Did the pilot try to contact the control tower in Brussels? Did he try to land the plane? 2) When did officials in the Brussels control tower sense that there must be something wrong with the plane? 3) Did anyone on the plane survive the crash? Questions for Part III 4) What impact of the air crash had on the skating sport in the wo