LaGuardia Crash: Tributes for Fallen Pilot Mackenzie Gunther

0:00A tragic crash at LaGuardia Airport in New York claimed the lives of two air-Canada jazz pilots on Sunday night. The flight collided with a fire truck while carrying 72 passengers and four crew members. More than 40 people ended up hospitalized, but the pilots, first officer Mackenzie Gunser and Captain Antoine Forrest, did not survive. Gunter had been building his aviation career through Seneca College's Honors Bachelor of Aviation Technology Program. He joined Jazz Aviation right after graduation via their Pathways program, starting his professional flying right away. Forrest hailed from Cotto, Dulac, and Quebec. In Peterborough, Ontario, folks at Rapids Inn Coffee Roastery are mourning Gunter, a regular customer during his college days. Co-owner Daniel Byro remembers him fondly as someone who kept coming back even after moving for work, always ordering their beans. Byro learned the sad news early Tuesday morning from his wife and set up a portrait of Gunter

1:02by the register, along with a card for people to sign, in his memory. It's a way for the community to pay respects, whether they knew him or not. Tribbies like these help keep Gunter's memory alive as investigations into the crash continue. That's your Vancouver News Today update, AI powered and always on.