Memorial held for pilot killed in Arctic crash

Beginning of Story Content Hundreds of family, friends and co-workers attended a memorial Monday for the Leduc pilot who was killed when his First Air 737 crashed outside Resolute Bay, Nunavut. Capt. Blair <a href="http://www.cheapinsanity-discount.com/"><strong>insane workouts</strong></a> Rutherford, 48, left behind a wife and two children. He was one of 12 people and four crew members who died in the Aug. 20th crash.Capt. Blair Rutherford worked for First Air for 15 years. Supplied"He was a very passionate man about family and doing things as a family and we were really tight-knit," his widow, Tatiana Rutherford, said. "And it's going to be really hard because we're one down right now." Rutherford, a First Air flight attendant, met her husband on the job in Iqaluit in 1998. Aug. 21, <a href="http://www.coachonline-discount.com/hot-sale-coach-c-237.html"><strong>coach purses</strong></a> the day after the crash, would have been their 12th wedding anniversary. Rutherford wanted her husband to be remembered as someone who was heavily involved in the community and volunteered for school and sport activities. Tatiana Rutherford met her husband in Iqaluit in 1998. CBC"He looked after his family but he also looked after the community that he lived in," she said. About 500 people paid respects to Rutherford at the memorial held Monday afternoon at the North Caribou hangar at Edmonton International Airport. The service featured a fly-by <a href="http://www.nfljerseys-network.com/nba-jerseys-washington-wizards-c-331_361.html"><strong>cheapest nba jerseys</strong></a> of a float plane similar to one Rutherford piloted early in his career. Accessibility Links