Thousands rally in North Vancouver, B.C., in solidarity for Flight 752 victims’ families
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Thousands of people participated and showed their support for the the victims and families impacted by the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Sunday afternoon.
Sunday marks the three-year anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, and a rally was held in North Vancouver, B.C.
The Association of Families of Flight PS752 organized a global event on Sunday, with rallies held in more than 100 cities across the world.
In North Vancouver, thousands of people participated and showed their support for the group’s cause.
The association said its mission is to unite the victims’ families and seek justice.
Hamidreza Borghei spoke with Global News on Sunday. He lost his sister and several other family members, including a six-year-old child in the downing of Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752.
“I lost my sister, her husband, her husband’s sister, and the sister’s daughter,“ he said.
Borghei said he and his family were some of the first civilians at the crash site.
“We got the co-ordinates of where the plane had crashed. We drove into the middle of the desert near a village. We were one of the first civilians on the scene that had relatives on the plane,” Borghei said.