A Timmins woman is one of 18 Canadians killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash.
The crash happened March 10, shortly after taking off from an airport in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, bound for Nairobi, Kenya. It crashed about six minutes after takeoff. It claimed the lives of the 157 passengers and crew members on board.
Stephanie Lacroix, 25, was one of the victims. According to the Globe and Mail, she was a a project co-ordinator with the United Nations Association in Canada.
"A Franco-Ontarian from Timmins, Ont., Ms. Lacroix wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a school teacher but an internship with the NGO Stepping Stones International changed her outlook. She had worked in Malawi for World University Service of Canada," reads the story.
A family member also recently shared the news on Facebook.
"My beautiful niece Stephanie, a young beautiful servant leader, employed by the United Nations and living her dream of helping people after completing her degree in International Studies, perished on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302," wrote Gilles Lamarche Dc in a public Facebook post.
