Horrifying video shows a fireball in the sky as the American Airlines jet went down ... River from a point near the airport along the George Washington Parkway, just north of the airport.

The American Airlines jet was carrying 64 people ... U.S. Park police ask drivers to avoid stopping in that stretch of the George Washington Memorial Parkway to keep traffic flowing.

One of the possibly most heart-wrenching performances was that of Maxim Naumov, who skated in honor of his parents, Evgenia ...