Plane crash victim Micheál Ryan's mother Christine pays tribute to her son
The mother of Micheál Ryan, who died in yesterday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, has paid tribute him saying "he wanted basically to save the world".
Ms Ryan said that her son was turning 40 at the end of this month and the family was due to visit him in Rome to celebrate next week."He had a marvellous vision," she said. "We would always be concerned but he had been in worse situations and survived. It’s just unreal." Tributes have been paid to him from the President and Taoiseach, who praised his life-changing work and his compassion for helping others.
— David Beasley March 10, 2019 There were no survivors after the Boeing 737, which was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Abada.The flight, which was bound for the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, came down near the town of Bishoftu, 50km southeast of Addis Abada.
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