Major Shidu has to talk to him someday I know my sister Swinder, my niece Perminder, 10 years old, my nephew Kurdip, and 3 young grandchildren about the deadly Air India bombing at 9 years old.
For now, small children Stanley Park, without knowing how the June 23, 1985 terrorist attack changed the lives of many. Attend an annual service organized over the years in memory of 329 Air India victims at.
"It will be difficult, but I have to tell them what happened," he said Thursday.
The widow Swinder took her children to India to visit her relatives as the plane descended the Irish coast.
Sidhu said it's still difficult to talk about the bombing that killed two baggage handlers in Japan and the second same-day explosion.
"For the past 37 years, I've said the same thing. It doesn't solve it."
He was disappointed. He is frustrated. He is sad
"I don't think they're going to do anything about this case — police or anyone — I don't think so."
But he is at least grateful that he was able to reunite with the families of other victims to remember those lost in Canada's worst terrorist attacks. The monument on Thursday was the first face-to-face event since the COVID-19 pandemic.
About 75 people attended the memorial, including relatives, community members, and police officers.
Growing up in Metro Vancouver, Eddie Madon came from Australia with his two sons to remember his father Sam.
Madon is still dissatisfied with the acquittal of the main suspect he said, "I felt as painful as losing his father."
"After all, Canadians and everyone in the world should forget about this day, what this day means, and how the world has changed since this day. It will not be. "
Supreme Court judge and public investigation determine that the bombing was carried out by Babar Karsa BC it was done. A group that promotes the separation of Indian Punjab. In 3 BC, a man was charged with a murder plan. In March 2005, the two were acquitted. The third was convicted of manslaughter and subsequent perjury.
Vancouver Granville MP Tally Bunour Mohammed, who worked on a post-acquittal review of the Air India case, met with the families of other victims in Ottawa on Thursday.
He confirms that the Air India tragedy is part of the Canadian history that children learn at school, and they talk about "making it a kind of not abandoned." Said that he had talked with.
"I think there are more, more, more things to do. The family is thinking about the next generation, so we need to understand what the family really needs. I think there is, "said Noor Mohammed.
The Australian Anilhans flight, piloted by his father Narendra, was the co-pilot Satwindersin. Formed a close bond with Binder's family.
He told the post media that he would visit the Air India Memorial in Ireland with Binder's widow Amargit as soon as possible. Binder's son-in-law is also a Singapore-based pilot who visits Hansa every time he "flies to Melbourne."
June 23 is "a tough day as usual," the Hanseatic League said. "37 years haven't been an easy day."
Air India's research is still technically open, but Sergeant RCMP staff. Janelle Shoihet said Thursday that no new information has come in from the public for years.
She "has not received any new hints in the last few years, despite continuing to seek information about the Air India tragedy," Shoihet said.
" The EDivision Integrated National Security Enforcement Team's research efforts connect open research tasks and goals that have never been achieved despite best efforts. Has focused on covering. "
However, she repeated the RCMP resolution in Canada's largest criminal case.
"Our approach to the families of the victims of the Air India tragedy has not changed. If you continue to investigate and have information about a terrorist attack on Air India ... Contact us. Local police will report. "
Retired deputy commissioner Gary Bass, who has led the investigation for years, will be hit hard by the incident someday. I still believe.
"Cases like this can never be closed," he said Thursday. "As people get older and things change in their lives, they can get the courage to do the right thing. Know what happened, whether it's the people who are actually involved. This is one of the unique things about the Air India case, and there are so many people who have the knowledge. ”
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