N.S. premier honours Swissair victims, work of Nova Scotians
Last Updated: Monday, September 1, 2008 | 12:21 PM AT
The Canadian Press
Related
Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald is marking the 10th anniversary of the Swissair plane crash near Peggy's Cove by remembering the assistance of Nova Scotians after the crash.
'Nova Scotians did everything they possibly could in their efforts to help in the recovery mission.'—Premier Rodney MacDonald
On Sept. 2, 1998, Swissair flight 111 crashed off the coast of Peggy's Cove, killing all 229 people on board.
"It was a terrible tragedy, and my thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families who lost loved ones," said MacDonald.
"Nova Scotians did everything they possibly could in their efforts to help in the recovery mission."
He says Nova Scotians displayed tremendous empathy and assistance after the tragic crash.
"Ten years have come and gone since the crash, but no one should forget the work done by so many people who helped in what was clearly a tragic time."
MacDonald says Nova Scotians rose quickly to the occasion and provided shelter, food and support to thousands of travellers stranded at the airport.
Some volunteers transformed arenas and gymnasiums into shelters to help those in need.
Two memorials to the flight victims were established in the province.
One memorial is located at Whalesback, near the crash site at Peggy's Cove.
Another is near Bayswater Beach Provincial Park, where the remains of victims are interred.
Share Tools
Latest Nova Scotia News Headlines
- Inmate strangler sentenced today
- A Dartmouth prisoner who strangled his cellmate to death three years ago will spend at least another 14 years behind bars. more »
- 902 numbers running out in N.S., P.E.I.
- The process has begun to figure out how to handle an expected phone number shortage in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. more »
- Police looking for missing East Dover woman
- Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 23-year-old East Dover woman who has been missing for two days. more »
- Paul Martin, Scotty Bowman among Order of Canada recipients
- Gov. Gen. David Johnston presided over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall today, welcoming a former prime minister, former NHL coach and famed architect Bruce Kuwabara among 41 others. more »
Top News Headlines
- Employment Insurance review boards to be scrapped
- The federal government is scrapping two review boards used by people appealing decisions made about their employment insurance. more »
- Teens share bullying tales in confession booth
- Raw stories about bullying emerged when a video booth was set up inside a Quebec high school. more »
- Double-lung recipient dances on Ellen show
- Organ donation advocate Hèlène Campbell of Ottawa made her second appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, but her first since undergoing a double-lung transplant. more »
- Canada ending 'Buffalo shuffle' for visas, closing consulate
- The federal government is shutting down the Canadian consulate in Buffalo and dropping a requirement for foreign workers and students to renew their visas outside the country, CBC News has learned. more »
- New EI rules worry seasonal workers in N.S.
- Police looking for missing East Dover woman
- Shots fired on Quinpool Road in Halifax
- N.S. man acquitted in boy's 2010 death
- Canadian Hurricane Centre predicts 9 to 15 storms in 2012
- 902 numbers running out in N.S., P.E.I.
- ATV run-in with barbed wire leads to charges
- Atlantic Lottery replacing old VLTs
- 44 new Order of Canada recipients
