And in related news, the family of the hijacker Akinyele Thompson has. Opened a GoFundMe drive to try and get his body back to the US for a burial. It remains stored in a Belize morgue and now the family is trying to raise 7,500 dollars to get the father of four home.
In the write up, his wife states, quote, "Unfortunately, when a series of events occurred (which is still being investigated) when he tried taking a trip out of the country, his responses (out of desperation) eventually led to him being shot and killed...
We are very grateful others' lives were not lost." End quote.
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