Grieving father set to slam Boeing in Congress
By Reuters
27 July 2019 |
4:34 pm
Before flying to Washington to climb the steps of Congress and testify to a crowd of aviation experts and lawmakers this week, Paul Njoroge spent a desolate weekend packing away toys his children would never play with again.
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