Montreal Airport Memorial for Fallen Pilot

0:00It's March 25th. This is Canada News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. A memorial has appeared at Montreal's Trudeau Airport for 30-year-old air-canada copilot Antoine Forrest, who died in a crash at La Guardia Airport on Sunday night. The plane collided with a fire truck during landing, also killing the other pilot Mackenzie Gunther from Ontario. The simple setup includes a black and white photo of Forrest on a fence near the runway, with white roses and a bouquet of flowers below it. No one knows who placed it there, but it's in plain view of air-canada planes taxing in and out. In Forrest's hometown of Cotto du Lac, a community of about 7,800, the news has hit hard. His brother shared a touching online message, saying goodbye to a brother always on the move with big dreams gone too soon. Forrests have flooded the town hall with calls offering condolences. The mayor directs people to the town's Facebook page, where hundreds of messages have poured

1:01in, even from folks across the border in the United States. Everyone there seems connected to the family somehow. Before flying commercial routes, Forrests worked as a bush pilot and helped battle Forrest fires in 2021 and 2022. His former colleagues called him kind and professional, sending sympathies to both families as the community continues to mourn.