Fern Shawna Rykiss, a seventeen-year-old Canadian woman, completed an eight-week World Zionist Federation Youth and Hechaultz program at Kibbutz Ein Tzurim. Fern had spent much of her senior year fundraising for this trip. She was killed in a terrorist attack on July 6, 1999 on bus #405 and was among 14 people killed when a man grabbed hold of the steering wheel while traveling from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The bus fell more than 400 feet into a ravine.
*** The information on this page is part of the 'Yizkor' commemoration project by the Ministry of Defense / the 'La'ad' website by the National Insurance Institute, in memory of the fallen. We strive for accuracy and apologize for any errors. For corrections or comments, please contact us here: https://aaciremembers.org/contact-us/ **
