casualties with thirty two followed by canada with eighteen if european lost nine and italy the u.s. and china all had eight nationals on board the list of their names has been published and we're learning more about the people behind these numbers one of them for example was. he was born and raised in mumbai studied law in washington d.c. and was on his way to nairobi because the mother of his fiance had died and now the victim is the ethiopian aid worker katamari messi he worked for save the children and was described by his colleagues as someone with tired lessly worked to protect vulnerable children in humanitarian crises there were also a lot of you and staffers on board the plane they were heading to nairobi where the assembly where the u.n. environment program is taking place this week they would have come to discuss the future of our planet but of course these are just a few stories about the people who lost their lives in yesterday's tragic crash.