Flowers, Candles, and Tributes at Toronto Vigil for Those Killed in Iran Plane Crash
Vigils were held across Canada on January 9 following the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines plane near Tehran the day before. All 176 people aboard the plane were killed, including 63 Canadian citizens.
The plane, a Boeing 737, crashed minutes after takeoff from Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Flowers and photos of those who died were brought to a candlelit vigil in Toronto, video by one of the organizers, Ardeshir Zarezadeh, shows.
According to Canadian media, Toronto Mayor John Tory said at the vigil “when one person suffers in Toronto, we all suffer.”
On January 9, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that “evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.” US intelligence officials also indicated they believed the plane was shot down, a conclusion supported by video evidence analysed by news outlets, including Storyful. Credit: Ardeshir Zarezadeh via Storyful
