Sad News

With the names just released yesterday, we feel it’s okay to tell you about a deep, tragic loss.  Our dear employee, Maya, died in a plane crash on August 17th.

He had been visiting friends and family in Kelowna and was being brought back to Victoria, by his brother in his plane, on the Tuesday evening so he could work on Wednesday morning.  Their plane left Penticton at 5:10, never to show up in Victoria.

It was a torturous week of anticipation, wondering what had happened to them.  We honestly thought they’d make it through somehow, and Maya would end up coming back to work.  The shocking finality of news about the plane crash on August 25th shattered that wish and hope.

We send out our deepest condolences to his family and friends and anyone that has had the privilege of knowing him.  He was a sweet, respectful, kind fellow of 21 that had a soft, gentle, sensitive side to him.  He was a hard worker always wanting to know more about the way things worked, had a great sense of humour and loved his family and was proud of his brothers.  He was an adventurer and lover of sports and lived a full life.  He was going to be going to Camosun College in September to start the Mechanical Engineering Bridge program that would have taken him to UVic.

We will always miss his smile and positive energy at the shop.