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Air controller Gary MacDonald (left) and Donald Pratt, a passenger who only had 6 hours of flying instruction 30 years ago, were commended by coroner's jury for their actions after a pilot of a small plane died at controls
Air controller Gary MacDonald (left) and Donald Pratt, a passenger who only had 6 hours of flying instruction 30 years ago, were commended by coroner's jury for their actions after a pilot of a small plane died at controls

Air controller Gary MacDonald (left) and Donald Pratt, a passenger who only had 6 hours of flying instruction 30 years ago, were commended by coroner's jury for their actions after a pilot of a small plane died at controls

Date5/3/1978
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0132336F
Inside look: Members of a coroner's jury probing the death of passenger John James Morrison (below) in the Spadina station went on a tour of a subway car in May
Inside look: Members of a coroner's jury probing the death of passenger John James Morrison (below) in the Spadina station went on a tour of a subway car in May
6/9/1990
The police officer who first interviewed Benji Hayward's parents believed the missing 14-year-old would turn up within a few hours, a coroner's inquest heard yesterday
The police officer who first interviewed Benji Hayward's parents believed the missing 14-year-old would turn up within a few hours, a coroner's inquest heard yesterday
7/12/1988
On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
On the scene: Crown attorney Bev Kogan and Coroner Dr. Stefan Kopytek, right, show members of the coroner's jury the elevator where Margaret Joseph, 67, fell 16 storeys to her death
5/5/1982
A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)
A six-foot model of the accident on Highway 400 March 18 in which 12 people were killed is being used by witnesses before a coroner's jury in Barrie. (...)
10/1/1973
A master switch on General Motors buses sold to the Toronto Transit Commission permits the bus to be driven with doors open, a coroner's jury was told(...)
A master switch on General Motors buses sold to the Toronto Transit Commission permits the bus to be driven with doors open, a coroner's jury was told(...)
2/10/1976
Coroner's Jury St. Clair W Station
Coroner's Jury St. Clair W Station
1/14/1996
Benji's girlfriend: Star Williamson, 15, told a coroner's inquest yesterday that most people around her were using drugs at the Pink Floyd concert before Benji died
Benji's girlfriend: Star Williamson, 15, told a coroner's inquest yesterday that most people around her were using drugs at the Pink Floyd concert before Benji died
7/22/1988
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
A Roomer at 314 Dundas St. West, prospector John Dowler sits on his bed in the room next door to the one in which 77-year-old Gig Yun died in a fire on Oct. 4. Toronto fire department platoon chief John Rider told a coroner's inquest conditions in that home were atrocious.
11/3/1972
Two children died of suffocation inside this clothes dryer, and a coroner s jury as recommended fines for those abandoning appliances without removing doors
Two children died of suffocation inside this clothes dryer, and a coroner s jury as recommended fines for those abandoning appliances without removing doors
9/8/1971
Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.
Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.
12/16/1969
Coroner's building: Although associated with death, the coroner's building is an 'exciting' place, according to insiders who use detective-like methods to help police solve murders
Coroner's building: Although associated with death, the coroner's building is an 'exciting' place, according to insiders who use detective-like methods to help police solve murders
8/18/1986
His weapon's the Dash-8: Air Atonabee president Joe Csumrik of Peterborough is staking $30 million on the 2-engined, 36-passenger de Havilland Dash 8, to gain the lion's share of the Toronto Ottawa-Montreal business passenger trade. John Gilmore of Montreal is betting $35 million on the Dash 7. It'll be no contest, says Csumrik, above, in the cockpit of his firm's plane.
His weapon's the Dash-8: Air Atonabee president Joe Csumrik of Peterborough is staking $30 million on the 2-engined, 36-passenger de Havilland Dash 8, to gain the lion's share of the Toronto Ottawa-Montreal business passenger trade. John Gilmore of Montreal is betting $35 million on the Dash 7. It'll be no contest, says Csumrik, above, in the cockpit of his firm's plane.
7/21/1983