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The Snowbirds took flight at noon for a trip across the city, and were seen soaring above the city’s hospitals, including Peter Lougheed Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, South Health Campus, Rockyview General and Alberta Children’s Hospital.
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“Mostly, the purpose of our flight was to fly to the hospitals and show our support to the members of the health-care system that’s been working on the front lines for the past year. They’re the ones who have gotten us through the COVID-19 pandemic,” Gabriel Ferris, public affairs officer with the Snowbirds, said minutes after the crew landed.
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From Halifax, Nova Scotia, Captain Jenn Casey joined the Canadian Armed Forces in August 2014 and then the Canadian Forces Snowbirds in November 2018. (Photo: Royal Canadian Air Force)
Brocklehurst residents won’t soon forget the national tragedy that struck their sleepy neighbourhood exactly one year ago today (May 17).
On May 17, 2020, a Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor jet fell out of the sky over a residential area during the Canadian Forces 431 squadron’s cross-country Operation Inspiration tour to raise people’s spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The squad’s public affairs officer, Capt. Jennifer Casey, was killed in the crash, while pilot Capt. Richard MacDougall sustained serious injuries.