More than 700 people attended a memorial service on Saturday for Derick Lwugi, a Calgary man who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10. “Derick was very outgoing and he was able to connect with people and to bring them together around a shared purpose. He was blessed with the gift of creating communities.”READ MORE: Calgarians sing outside city hall to honour 18 Canadian victims of Ethiopian Airlines crashLwugi, a City of Calgary accountant, was remembered as a devout Christian who served his city, church and community — in Calgary and in Kenya. Last week, John Lanyasunya was at the memorial service for a family from Hamilton who died in the plane crash. Why did Derick have to die in such a manner together with the other [156] people?”Lwugi’s sister recalled the agonizing moments hoping to get a message from her brother after hearing that the Ethiopian Airlines plane had gone down.

Source: Ethiopian News March 23, 2019 23:03 UTC