Students, family urge further searches
The family of the man missing in the Back River, and fellow students at Gérald‑Godin CEGEP, held a demonstration Monday to press for a renewed water search for Hassoun Choui, 18, who fell through the ice last Thursday. Police say they are searching the shoreline.
The situation is reminding me of the disappearance of Ariel Kouakou. Police believe that boy fell through the ice in the same river off Ahuntsic in mid‑March 2018, but his body was never found.
Nicholas 10:16 on 2026-03-31 Permalink
Water searches are dangerous, we’ve already lost some first responders trying to save people. It’s been a week, this young man is tragically not coming home. Sometimes you don’t recover a body, and that’s distressing, but let’s not create another tragedy.