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   Well dumb-assed Davey Hogg?   
      
   Are you going to demand that cars be restricted and banned now?  You   
   obsequious little gun-fearing prick?   
      
   On Tuesday, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate   
   Affairs statement was quoted by Roya News, which said Munir Najjar had   
   gone to Canada to visit one of his sons and was killed in the   
   accident.   
      
   A Jordanian citizen has been confirmed as among the deaths in the   
   Toronto van rampage.   
      
   On Tuesday, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate   
   Affairs statement was quoted by Roya News, which said Munir Najjar had   
   gone to Canada to visit one of his sons and was killed in the   
   accident.   
      
   A spokesperson for the Jordanian embassy in Ottawa told the Star that   
   “one Jordanian citizen, he was deceased in the van attack.” She would   
   not confirm any other details.   
      
   The Star spoke to a friend of the family in Toronto who confirmed the   
   news.   
      
   “Omar Najjar’s father, Munir, was killed in yesterday’s Toronto   
   accident, and the family wants to be alone at this point. We seek   
   prayers for his father and for all the injured and killed in this   
   accident,” said the family friend.   
      
   He added that the Najjar family was waiting for the coroner’s office   
   to formally identify their father, who was visiting them from Amman.   
   Neither family, nor friends, know any other details of the event that   
   led to Munir Najjar’s death.   
      
   On Facebook, a man describing himself as a close relative of Munir   
   Najjar mourned the loss of his “second father,” referencing the   
   shocking Toronto attack that took 10 lives. He described Najjar as “a   
   good father to your family and mine.”   
      
   “Evil took you from us.”   
      
   Anne Marie D’Amico, 30, was also killed Monday by the rampaging van.   
      
   “If you knew her, you knew she was one of the most genuine, kind and   
   all-around loving people that you probably have ever met, or might   
   ever meet,” said Samantha Gilhooly, who worked with D’Amico at U.S.   
   investment firm Invesco near Yonge and Sheppard Ave.   
      
   “To her core, she was just happy.”   
      
   Details of Monday’s deaths are emerging with deliberate caution.   
   Ontario’s chief coroner Dirk Huyer said some families have been told   
   that they “believe” their loved one has died but confirmation has not   
   been made as officials are working to have 100 per cent accuracy.   
      
   The South Korean government said on its official Facebook site that   
   two of its nationals were killed, and another was injured. The   
   statement said the government had confirmed the safety of six Koreans   
   out of nine who were reported missing through diplomatic and consular   
   call centres, and that the government was seeking to locate the   
   remaining three.   
      
   Among those confirmed as injured are Sammantha Samson, Samantha Peart,   
   Morgan McDougall, Mavis Justino, Catherine Riddell, Aleksandra   
   Kozhevinikova, Amir Kiumarsi, Yunsheng Tian, Jun Seok Park, Amaresh   
   Tesfamariam, So Ra, Beverly Smith, Robert Anderson.   
      
   Seneca College president David Agnew sent out an email, informing the   
   community that one of the school’s students was killed. Two other   
   students were hurt but didn’t need to go to hospital, he said.   
      
   “It is with great sadness that I inform the Seneca community of the   
   death of one of our students yesterday as a result of the horrific   
   attack on Yonge Street. She was, along with nine others, an innocent   
   victim of this tragic act of violence,” the email said, which extended   
   sympathy to the student’s family.   
      
   “We must grieve, and we must heal, but we must also resolve to carry   
   on.”   
      
   That, too, was the message from D’Amico’s loved ones.   
      
   D’Amico was a young woman who had been a volunteer, in Canada and   
   across international borders, since she was as young as 12.   
      
   Back then, she was a ball girl for Tennis Canada. But since those   
   preteen days, D’Amico’s volunteered hours swelled, and were matched by   
   what friends see as a personal dedication to helping — whether that   
   meant carrying boxes home from work with someone who didn’t have a car   
   that day, or “getting her hands dirty” building houses overseas.   
      
   The pair also travelled to the Dominican Republic together to   
   volunteer. It was one of two trips D’Amico had taken for that purpose.   
      
   D’Amico graduated from Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School and   
   also attended St. Edward Catholic School south of Yonge and Sheppard,   
   close to where the tragedy occurred and where her sister is currently   
   a teacher.   
      
   In a message to staff and parents Tuesday, St. Edward principal   
   Anthony De Ciantis described a community in shock and grief.   
      
   “This tragedy has touched our school community in profound ways,” he   
   wrote in a letter. “Anne Marie D’Amico, age 30, sister of our Grade 7   
   teacher Frances D’Amico, lost her life. She was one of the victims of   
   yesterday’s attack.   
      
   “As a Catholic community, let us pray for everyone affected by this   
   tragedy, and in a special way, for Anne Marie and the D’Amico family   
   during this time of sorrow.”   
      
   The parish priest and counsellors were at the elementary school to   
   support students, staff and parents, said Maria Rizzo, longtime local   
   trustee and Willowdale resident.   
      
   Rizzo said a mass was held in D’Amico’s honour at Loretto Abbey on   
   Tuesday morning.   
      
   Dave Hamilton of the volunteer travel company, Live Different, said   
   his coworkers had been reminiscing over D’Amico’s sense of humour, a   
   smile that never seemed to leave her face, and her all-in approach to   
   volunteering.   
      
   “Mixing concrete and carrying bricks and buckets of water,” he listed.   
   “She was super involved with all that’s involved with providing those   
   homes.”   
      
   Gilhooly said D’Amico had been involved in her community and close to   
   her family. Her grandmother, parents and brother had all been   
   volunteers, too, according to Tennis Canada. It was part of the family   
   legacy, particularly with the Rogers Cup, where they had a combined 84   
   years of service.   
      
   “Anne Marie was voted volunteer of the year in 2016. She was always   
   smiling, had the biggest heart and always put other people’s needs   
   ahead of her own,” their press release said.   
      
   Tennis Canada and the Rogers Cup are making plans to honour her memory   
   at this summer’s event.   
      
   For now, to honour her friend, Gilhooly suggested simple gestures,   
   like offering up a seat to someone on the subway or offering a hand to   
   someone carrying bags down the street.   
      
   “The best way to honour Anne Marie is to go out and have some   
   additional act of kindness today, because that’s exactly what she   
   would have done if she was on the other side of this,” Gilhooly said.   
   “I hope her kindness and generosity can live through everyone else.”   
      
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