Associated Press: Doctor killed in Russian plane crash had ties to Vermont

Published Dec. 28, 2016 at 9:55 am

A woman lights a candle next to flowers and a portrait of one of the victims, famous Russian charity activist and founder of the Voters' League Elizaveta Glinka or Dr Liza, at a makeshift memorial at the embankment on the shore of the Black Sea in Sochi, on December 27, 2016, as rescue vessels search the area two days after a military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of members of the Red Army Choir, crashed in the Black Sea.

Photo by AFP

MONTPELIER, Vt. – A widely revered Russian doctor killed in the crash of a Russian military plane had lived for years in Vermont but had been working in her native country for the last several years, dedicating her life to helping children, terminally ill patients and people in war zones.

Dr. Yelizaveta Glinka, 54, was one of 92 people killed when the Tu-154 crashed Christmas morning after taking off from an airport in Sochi. The plane was headed to Syria, and Glinka was taking medicine to a hospital there.