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Family of Snowbirds crash victim says she died in mission “designed for her”

May 20, 2020 | 10:43 AM

HALIFAX — The family of Capt. Jennifer Casey says the member of the Snowbirds aerobatic team died while supporting an important mission “that seemed to be designed for her.”

The 35-year-old Casey, a military public affairs officer and a Halifax native, was killed in the crash of a Snowbirds Tutor jet in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday.

Casey’s family says the Snowbirds cross-country tour known as Operation Inspiration had a purpose to make Canadians happy in a time of uncertainty, and there was “no better person to carry out that mission than Jenn.”

They say Casey, a former journalist, was a proud Nova Scotian who served as an advocate and ambassador for her home province.