A memorial for the victims of the Humboldt Bronocs bus crash will be online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, on the two-year anniversary of the crash that claimed 16 lives, including St. Albert's Jaxon Joseph, Conner Lukan, Logan Hunter and Stephen Wack, and injured an additional 13 people Canadians can mourn the loss virtually rather than go to Humboldt, Sask.
At noon today a website launched to allow people to grieve and reflect on the bus crash.
The plan for the two-year anniversary to have a temporary exhibit that would feature memorabilia items from the days, weeks and months after the crash, but now that the country is self-isolating due to COVID-19, they had to shift the memorial online.
The site will be featured on the City of Humboldt’s website and will have photos, videos and a guestbook.
“In the midst of all the turmoil in the present world we want to make sure the lives lost and those that were changed forever two years ago are not forgotten,” Humboldt Mayor Rob Muench said in a statement.
“During this time of self-isolating and practicing physical distancing, it’s important to us that people still have a place to go to reflect and remember the tragedy and the outpouring of support that our community received on a global scale.”
