‘Things Are Not OK’: Priest Prays for NWT Crash Victims and First Responders
Published on January 28, 2024
A priest asked his congregation to pray for victims and first responders at a church service in Fort Smith on Jan. 28, days after six people died in a tragic plane crash. The charter plane had just taken off from the town on the boundary with Alberta and was en route to the Diavik Diamond Mine on Jan. 23, when it hit the ground and caught fire. One mine worker survived and was airlifted to a hospital in Yellowknife. Father Aaron Solberg of St. Joseph’s Anglican church addressed the crash at his weekly service, and offered a prayer for both the living and the dead....