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Masa Israel Journey held an English-language Yom Hazikaron ceremony at Yad LaShiryon in Latrun on Monday evening, commemorating the  lives of fallen IDF soldiers and Jewish victims of terror, individuals originally from France, the United States, Russia Ukraine and Argentina. The memorial torch was lit by Tod Elan, whose son, Second Lieutenant Carmi Elan, an Israel Air Force pilot's course cadet, died in a training flight accident in 2008. He was 19 and a half years old. The flight instructor, Captain Matan Assa also died in the crash. Born in Los Angeles,  Carmi was three and a half years old when his family immigrated to Israel, first settling in Kfar Vradim in the north, and later moving to Herzliya. Carmi was kind and caring about others, his father says, free-spirited, with a passion for life and extreme sport  – especially kite-surfing. Tod Elan spoke earlier with KAN's Naomi Segal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.