Candles flickered on the front steps of the Alberta Legislature as people came together for a vigil for the 30 or so who lived in Edmonton that were on board UIA Flight 752
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Edmonton was hit particularly hard in the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752, which killed 138 people with links to Canada, including at least 63 Canadian citizens. The victims from the Alberta capital included faculty and staff from the University of Alberta.“Twenty-seven successful people from our community in one day,” she said, shaking her head, a candle cradled in her hands.
Some people came alone. Some came with friends, with family, holding each other as they cried. Others, whose families are still in Iran, came to find support among the tight-knit community. Despite the loss of his friends, Mr. Kamalipour said he will soon go back to class at the university where so many of the Edmonton victims were professors or students, “but it won’t be the same.”“This was a flight many of us had a friend, a neighbor, a fellow community-member on and it’s devastating,” he said.
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