Tears and candles in memory of loved ones who died on Flight 182

They gathered in silence and lit candles that floated gently into the Atlantic waters.
Twenty-five years after it blew up off the Cork coast, the families and friends of Air India Flight 182 came to remember yesterday.
Dozens of relatives had travelled from India and Canada to be in the small Co Cork village of Ahakista on the Sheep's Head peninsula.
Pictures of mothers, sons and grandfathers who were among the 329 who perished in the bombing were mounted on a low stone wall.
Others affected by the tragedy, including doctors, medical workers and volunteers from Cork, stood at the memorial site that bears the names of the victims.
Since 1985, they have forged close bonds with many of the families affected.
A minute's silence was observed at precisely 8:13am, the moment when flight 182 disappeared from Irish radar.
Yesterday, at the Air India memorial, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin described the bombing as evil and cowardly.
Among those who travelled to be at the ceremony was Dr Anant Amran, who lost his wife and two daughters in the bombing.
Also present were Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney and India's commerce minister Salman Kurshid.
24/06/10 Kevin Keane/Irish Independent

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