UPDATED: Several GTA residents, including students in Toronto and York Region, killed in Iran plane crash
All 176 people on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 were killed when the jet crashed outside of Tehran shortly after takeoff.The Toronto District School Board has confirmed that "a number of TDSB students and their family members" are among the victims along with a family member of at least one employee.
In the meantime, flags at the affected schools and all TDSB administrative buildings will be lowered to half-mast in honour of the lives that were lost. One of those students is believed to be 18-year-old Arad Zarei, a student at Richmond Green Secondary School in Richmond Hill. In a statement, York Region District School Board said that they are “heartbroken” by the crash and join “our families and communities in grieving.”
CTV News Toronto has confirmed that married couple Iman Ghaderpanah, a mortgage specialist, and Parinaz Ghaderpanah, an RBC employee, are among the GTA residents who died in the crash. Meanwhile, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation President Harvey Bischof, issued a statement Wednesday, confirming that an employee of the union's provincial office in Toronto, identified as Alina Tarbhai, was also killed.
“We now know residents from Toronto were on this flight and have lost their lives – they were our friends, our neighbours, our classmates, our co-workers, and our loved ones,” he said. “Our hearts are with all those who are now in mourning here in our city, across the GTA, across Canada, and around the world.”Included in the Canadians killed in the crash were a large number of university students.
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