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The US Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team are working with the IOC to see whether their goalies at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games will be forced to remove their masks with the image of the Statue of Liberty.
Goalies Nicole Hensley and Alex Rigsby will wait to see if their goalkeeper's masks featuring the image of the iconic statue in New York Harbor will be declared a 'political symbol', and therefore in violation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules.
Under IOC Guidelines Regarding Authorized Identifications, no item may feature the wording or lyrics from national anthems, motivational words, public/political messaging or slogans related to national identity.
The statue's image adorns the left side of Hensley's helmet, whereas Rigsby's includes a stamp depicting the statue on the chin. Rigsby's also includes a USA crest on the top, a drawing of the famous
V-J Day kiss photograph in Times Square, and a bald eagle - the national US symbol.
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Russia's state bank, Sberbank, has decided to cancel the debts of all the flight's victims. Hundreds of rescuers continue to comb the crash site for debris and victims.
The moment of the crash was caught on CCTV:
While the cause is still being investigated, eyewitnesses described seeing a flash in the sky: The plane that crashed had made several flights the day of the crash, and routine inspections before its final flight did not reveal anything wrong. Data from the recovered flight recorders may have found the cause, however: