UN team devastated by deaths of 4 young environmentalists killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash

A group of four young Canadians hoping to change the world were among those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash over the weekend, leaving a “gaping hole” in their United Nations team and the wider environmental community. The delegation, which included Micah Messent from Vancouver Island, B.C., was on its way to the fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya.
Danielle Moore, Angela Rehhorn and Stéphanie Lacroix were also part of the group.
“These were young optimists who believed that they were changing the world for the better,” said Kate White, president and CEO of the United Nations Association in Canada.
White had spoken to the group before the trip to brief them on the conference.
“I asked them if they knew the expression having someone’s six [having someone’s back],” she said. “I said, ‘that’s what you need to do on this trip.’”“And they were.”
Source: cbc.ca