Air India memorial being unveiled in Toronto on 22nd anniversary of attack

Toronto: Twenty-two years to the day that a terrorist bomb blew apart Air India Flight 182 off the coast of Ireland, families of the victims are getting a Canadian memorial for their loved ones in Toronto.
An official dedication ceremony will be held Saturday morning for the waterfront memorial. It comes one year to the day that ground was broken for the project.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller are among those expected to join family members of the victims at the service to salute the victims of Canada's worst terrorist act.
The memorial features a sundial, gardens and a granite wall, which is inscribed with the names of the 329 people who were aboard the plane when it blew up on June 23, 1985, and the names of the two baggage handlers who were killed by a terrorist bomb at Narita airport in Japan on the same day in a related attack.
About two-thirds of the Air India bombing victims live in Toronto.
A reception was held in Toronto Friday night for the family members to meet the hundreds of people who were involved with the design and construction of the memorial. The City of Toronto donated the land and the project management expertise, while the federal and Ontario governments donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the project.
22/06/07 CP/CJOB, Canada

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