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Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)

Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)

Date6/27/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my mental problems. He twisted an ankle in crash but expects to work again soon.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000192F
      One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
      One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/4/1978
      Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
      Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/30/1978
      Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
      Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
      Griffin, Doug
      6/26/1978
      Keeping dry: Sheila Burns uses a picket sign to protect her from the rain yesterday as striking Air Canada flight attendants protested at Pearson International Airport
      Keeping dry: Sheila Burns uses a picket sign to protect her from the rain yesterday as striking Air Canada flight attendants protested at Pearson International Airport
      Spremo, Boris
      8/29/1985
      Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
      Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/27/1971
      In wheeled chairs and some on crutches (left) veterans marched again with their units in the reunion parades
      In wheeled chairs and some on crutches (left) veterans marched again with their units in the reunion parades
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/2/1938
      Vera Lynn sings: A large crowd at Union Station yesterday gathered to hear Vera Lynn sing some old-time songs at the Heroes' Day Concert, where those who fought in World War II came, many on crutches, to relive memories and chat about those years
      Vera Lynn sings: A large crowd at Union Station yesterday gathered to hear Vera Lynn sing some old-time songs at the Heroes' Day Concert, where those who fought in World War II came, many on crutches, to relive memories and chat about those years
      Lynn, Vera
      7/1/1984
      Final Judgment: Mr. Justice Virgil Moshansky shares a copy of his report yesterday with Sonia Hartwick, a flight attendant who survived the Air Ontario crash
      Final Judgment: Mr. Justice Virgil Moshansky shares a copy of his report yesterday with Sonia Hartwick, a flight attendant who survived the Air Ontario crash
      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/27/1992
      Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
      Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/5/1970
      Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton, on crutches after a particularly energetic tennis game, is consoled by Olympia and York president Albert Reichmann and his(...)
      Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton, on crutches after a particularly energetic tennis game, is consoled by Olympia and York president Albert Reichmann and his(...)
      Reichmann, Albert
      6/24/1983
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/21/1973
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/6/1970