When Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plummeted to earth Sunday, killing all 149 passengers and eight crew members, the captain, Yared Getachew, was en route from his adopted home, Ethiopia, to his country of birth, Kenya. Although he was the youngest captain at the airline, 29-year-old Yared had completed the route between the East African nations’ capitals many times. “He was hard working and respected everyone, old or young,” Getachew said. I have other children, but I thought he would bring change to Ethiopia,” Getachew said. “I just hope that they would have one stone to commemorate him, for history or for the next generation,” Getachew said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2019 09:56 UTC