Isosceles triangle $ABC$ has $AB = AC = 3\sqrt6$, and a circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ is tangent to line $AB$ at $B$ and to line $AC$ at $C$. What is the area of the circle that passes through vertices $A$, $B$, and $C?$
$\textbf{(A) }24\pi\qquad\textbf{(B) }25\pi\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }27\pi\qquad\textbf{(E) }28\pi$
Let $\odot O_1$ be the circle with radius $5\sqrt2$ that is tangent to $\overleftrightarrow{AB}$ at $B$ and to $\overleftrightarrow{AC}$ at $C.$ Note that $\angle ABO_1 = \angle ACO_1 = 90^\circ.$ Since the opposite angles of quadrilateral $ABO_1C$ are supplementary, quadrilateral $ABO_1C$ is cyclic.
Let $\odot O_2$ be the circumcircle of quadrilateral $ABO_1C.$ It follows that $\odot O_2$ is also the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC,$ as shown below:

By the Inscribed Angle Theorem, we conclude that $\overline{AO_1}$ is the diameter of $\odot O_2.$ By the Pythagorean Theorem on right $\triangle ABO_1,$ we have \[AO_1 = \sqrt{AB^2 + BO_1^2} = 2\sqrt{26}.\]
Therefore, the area of $\odot O_2$ is $\pi\cdot\left(\frac{AO_1}{2}\right)^2=\boxed{\textbf{(C) }26\pi}.$
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