Hani Diab was in shock when he heard the news two helicopter crew members were dead after their aircraft crashed near Garrison Petawawa on Tuesday.
“Petawawa woke up [to] such sad news you cannot bear,” Diab said.
“It’s a tragedy.”
Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) said a CH-147F Chinook carrying four Canadian Armed Forces members on a training flight crashed into the Ottawa River just after midnight on June 20.
The two others on board were found by Garrison Petawawa firefighters with minor injuries and have been released from hospital, according to the department.
The news of the deaths has shaken community members in the area and hits close to home for some, including Diab, who was reminded
