Victims Cousin Shares Memories With CKDR News

The victims of a fatal float plane crash in Red Lake are being remembered as caring, community minded people.
Brenda and Jim Beauchene died when their float plane crashed into the Bruce Channel Thursday evening.
The Beauchene’s were prominent figures in Phoenix, Arizona but were both born in Canada.
In an e-mail to the CKDR newsroom, Brenda’s cousin Sue Beaudry stated that the two were headed to the fly-in tourist camp they had just purchased.
Beaudry says this would have been one of their first weeks to run the camp.
She says Brenda had just called her all excited about their new adventure and now that they would be close to her, they would be able to renew their friendship.
Jim was a plastic surgeon specializing in hands.
Beaudry says when Brenda contacted her this spring, she was wanting information as to how Jim could maybe help out in the community offering his medical services.
She says they both were community oriented.
The couple leaves behind identical twin daughters and a son.
The cause of the crash is still not known.
(Photo: ABC News)