An Army captain from the Chicago area and two brothers on an adventure before one was set to become a father were among the Americans killed when an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner plunged out of the sky on Sunday. The 40-year-old enlisted in the army as a third-generation family member before going on to serve in Afghanistan, WGN reported. The brothers from Redding, Calif. had been in Australia before visiting Africa, Redding Chamber of Commerce President Jake Mangas told the Record Searchlight. Parishioners at St. Joseph Church and School spent Monday placing flowers in the brothers' memory. In 2005, Vecere moved to California, where he was living at the time of the crash while working for IQ Air, a Swiss-based company that develops air quality products.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2019 19:07 UTC