he was recalling how kianna's father was trying to convince kianna not to get on board the plane, that he had a bad feeling, that he was worried about the events that were unfolding at the time in the region. he wanted kianna to postpone her trip. she insisted saying she wanted to be back in canada for her first day of classes. take a listen. >> she had the biggest dreams that anyone could have. >> 19-year-old kianna gasemi had just been accepted to college in toronto overjoyed to start classes this week. >> i want the world to know that she had so many beautiful dreams. >> reporter: so many haunting stories that we're hearing like that one, and it is also recalling painful memories for the victims of another plane crash. i was on the phone last night with the father of the only american who died on board mh-17, the malaysian airline flight that was downed by a missile over five years ago over eastern ukraine, and he was telling me that watching all of this play out was like watching his own tragedy play out again, and he was telling me just how horrifying, how difficult it is to come

. >> she had the biggest 19-year-old kianna had just been accepted in college in toronto, overjoyed to start classes this week. >> i want the world to know she had so many beautiful dreams. >> reporter: pedra and his wife moshan were flying home to alberta with their daughters, just 9 and 14 years old. the university of windsor lost five people including zahari, a civil engineer. >> i'm extremely grateful for having known her. >> reporter: also on the plane, two pairs of newlyweds with funerals instead of homecomings, tributes are being held across canada the public and the laying flowers for the victims who lived here some still waiting for loved ones who will never return. >> his wife and his daughter never came back that's not fair. >> reporter: here in toronto and in cities like edmonton and winnipeg, memorials are growing. this is where they come to remember the dead lester >> all right miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> also developing tonight, reports that iran's top general was not the only high-level target of u.s. forces last week. richard engel is in iraq with new details. >> r