A moment of silience at the first meeting of families of victims killed in Air India and on 9/11, Toronto Sept. 7, 2005 (Robin Rowland)
On September 7, 2005, twenty-one years ago now, as one of the Toronto events marking the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the families who had lost loved ones in two terrorist events 9/11 and the Air India bombing in 1985 met together. I was one of the journalists who covered the event, so here is a photogallery of that meeting. (Note over the years I have lost the original notes, so not everyone is fully identified)
First responders salute during the moment of silence, including Joe Camano of Toronto Police Service, Norm Lambert, deputy director of Toronto EMS, unidenfiied paramedic, unidentified, during a meeting of families of victims killed in Air India and on 9/11, Toronto Sept. 7, 2005. (Robin Rowland)Maureen Basnicki speaks with then NDP Leader Jack Layton at the meeting, September 7, 2005. (Robin Rowland)Young children watch the proceedings at the meeting. (Robin Rowland)The Basnicki family including Maureen and son Brennan during the moment of silence,. (Robin Rowland)Maureen and Brennan Basnicki. (Robin Rowland)
Maureen Basnick’s husband Ken was killed on the 106th floor of the North Tower at the World Trade Center, leaving her a widow with two children, including her then 16-year-old son Brennan, She has since become an advocate for the victims of terrorist attacks and founded the Canadian Coalition Against Terror.
Lata Pada, who lost her husband and children in the Air India bombing speaks at the meeting. (Robin Rowland)
Lata Pada lost her husband, Vishnu Pada and her two daughters Ari and Brinda in the Air India bombing in 1985.
Nicola Kelly lost her mother Barsa in the Air India bombing. (Robin Rowland)
Nicola Kelly’s mother Basra was killed in the bombing.
A woman sings at the meeting of Air India and 9/11 families, Sept. 7, 2005 (Robin Rowland)
A male northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) usually hangs out in my backyard and the cedar tree beside my deck, On September 25, the flicker after visiting the feeder as curious enough to look inside the door to my deck to see what was inside. He usually stays around the cedar tree.(These images shot through the […]
