Authorities have released the name of the second Canadian killed in last week’s EgyptAir plane crash in the Mediterranean.
Madhat Tanious, a Cario native, had flown to France to take part in a surprise family reunion and was flying to Cairo to pay his respects to his in-laws.
“He loved unconditionally,” his daughter Merna Tanious told CBC. “He had a heart of a child, with an unbelievable ability to forgive people.”
Mr. Tanious, a businessman, moved to Scarborough, Ont., with his wife, Erian, and the couple’s three daughters, Marina, Merna and Mariem, in 2004. They became Canadian citizens in 2008.
He turned 54 month.
Another Canadian, Marwa Hamdy, was also aboard the Airbus A320, whose flight data recorder has not yet been found.
Ms. Hamdy, born and raised in Saskatchewan, moved to Cairo about 10 years ago after marrying an Egyptian.
She was an IBM project manager and mother of three and was returning to Cairo after visiting family in Paris.
Merna Tanious says her family has already decided to forgive anyone who might be found responsible for the EgyptAir crash.
“Without even knowing, we said we will forgive, we will not do anyone wrong, because that’s not how my dad would have done it,” she said.
Sixty-six people died when the flight went down last Thursday morning.
A memorial service for Mr. Tanios was held in a cathedral north of Toronto Tuesday.
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