It has been five years since a man deliberately drove a van down a bustling sidewalk in north Toronto, committing one of the country’s worst mass murders.
She then bought diapers for her great grandson, dropped them in her car and started walking to the Bank of Montreal to pay some bills.
D’Amico was a thrill seeker who skydived in the Swiss Alps, ziplined through the Italian mountains and participated in the famous cheese-rolling race on Cooper’s Hill in England.“Some of her greatest hits were: ‘Lady in Bed’ to the tune of ‘Lady in Red’ after my aunt took a serious fall on black ice and was bedridden,” said her sister, Frances D’Amico, in court.Article content
Munir took care of his wife, bought the groceries, paid the bills and fixed everything around the house in Amman. He called his daughter everyday, urging her to explore Canada, a country she moved to just the year before. She was set to become a godmother the month after the attack to her two-month old nephew, her brother’s child. Her sister was pregnant and Bradden would soon be the cool aunt to five nieces and nephews. She spoiled those kids, her sister-in-law Adrian Knafelc wrote in a victim impact statement.
She loved her dog Jimmy and planned to travel to New York City the following month with her friend, Michele Kellman. Amarasingha returned to school until graduating in 2015 while she raised her son by herself, Middleton wrote. She had just landed a job with the Toronto District School Board.Every May, Amarasingha would hop on the bus with her boy and trek to the police division’s open house to thank everyone who helped her.
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