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A father died in a scuba accident. Days later, his missing son's remains were found

U.S. figure skater pays tribute to his parents after their death in DC plane crash

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Six days after a 74-year-old man died in a scuba diving accident, authorities made the chilling discovery of his missing son's skeletal remains in a tree house in his backyard. Plus, U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov remembers his parents' legacy in the wake of their deaths in the commercial plane crash in Washington, D.C., in January.

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Skeletal remains of missing son found in backyard tree house days after father dies in scuba accident

Days after an Atlanta man died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii, authorities said they found the skeletal remains of his son, who had reportedly gone missing four years ago, in a tree house in his backyard. Henry Frantz, 74, died while scuba diving off the coast of Maui on March 10, and then the Decatur Police Department in Georgia said in a statement that his family found human remains on March 16 in a backyard tree house at Frantz's home. The remains belonged to Frantz's son, Henry Hank Frantz, 32, according to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office.

EXCLUSIVE: Skater whose parents died in DC crash says they changed their flight and asked him to pick them up

U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov spoke in a TODAY exclusive about the unimaginable loss of his parents, former Russian Olympians and world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, when a military helicopter collided with their commercial flight on Jan. 29 over Washington, D.C. Naumov shared the haunting news that his parents switched flights at the last minute. He also spoke about handling the grief. "The only way out is through," he said. "There's no other way. There are no options but to keep going."

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