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<\/p>\nSabir Moosa\u2019s son Azaan left the Toronto property management office where they worked together on the afternoon of Fri. Aug. 22, telling his father he was heading to a family party.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019ll see you in the morning,’\u201d Sabir remembered, replying to his son: \u201cYes, that\u2019s fine, go ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those were the last words Sabir exchanged with 27-year-old Azaan Moosa, who had graduated from the University of Ottawa before going into the family business.<\/p>\n
Sabir said his son went from work that day to Toronto\u2019s Harbourfront area for the party, where he believes someone in the group hired a boat.<\/p>\n
Hours later, Sabir \u2014 who had gone home after work \u2014 was awoken.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt around 1:03, I heard my wife screaming, that scream I\u2019ll never forget in my entire life \u2014 goes beyond the birth of my firstborn,\u201d Sabir said.<\/p>\n
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It was his daughter on the other end of the line, telling her parents that her brother had disappeared. According to Sabir, she told them Azaan had been on the boat with her moments earlier, but now couldn\u2019t be found.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and I immediately dressed up, my wife crying and me connecting to my lord, trying to bargain something,\u201d Sabir said.<\/p>\n
They rushed downtown to the waterfront and were eventually directed by police to St. Michael\u2019s Hospital. The family went inside the building, but Sabir couldn\u2019t bring himself to leave the street, where he continued to pray.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy wife started calling me inside. I didn\u2019t want to go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, my daughter pulled me in, my kids pulled me in, and there I knew what was awaiting me. The doctor took us into one of the rooms and broke the news to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Azaan, they were told, had died. Several hours later, they were allowed to view the body.<\/p>\n
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Toronto police said the incident was reported to them at around 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 23, when the marine rescue unit was dispatched to an area of Lake Ontario near the Toronto Islands.<\/p>\n
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Police alleged the boat Azaan was on was an illegal charter without a proper commercial licence and registration, operated by a lone captain and without \u201cany crew members on board.\u201d<\/p>\n
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