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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2025
RELIEF TRIP TRAGEDY Cayman pastor and daughter killed in Florida plane crash en route to Jamaica for hurricane relief
The Cayman Islands is mourning the loss of Pastor Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena, 22, who died when their relief aircraft crashed in Coral Springs, Florida, on Monday morning. The Beech B100 King Air plane, packed with humanitarian supplies for hurricanestricken Jamaica, went down moments after departing Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Pastor Wurm, founder of Ignite the Fire Cayman, was on his third relief mission to Jamaica, joined by his daughter Serena. The father-daughter team had departed Owen Roberts International Airport in Grand Cayman earlier, with strong support from local churches, the Wurm Family Foundation, and civic groups. Together, they gathered and packed medical supplies, generators, solar panels, battery packs, tarps, and advanced communications gear, including a Starlink satellite system. Their mission had already taken them to Montego Bay, where they distributed supplies
alongside Youth With A Mission (YWAM Jamaica), Crisis Response International (CRI), and Jamaica’s Ministry of Health & Wellness. In a post shared just before the fatal flight, Pastor Wurm expressed his excitement: “Ignite is excited to fly generators, screws, tarps, battery packs, StarLink comm. systems and other desperately needed supplies to help rebuild Jamaica tomorrow!” Jamaica’s Transport Minister Daryl Vaz confirmed that the plane, registered as N30HG, did not have permission to land in Jamaica. “I can confirm that the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority has advised me that there was an application made by the said plane, N30HG, to land in Montego Bay at the IAM Jet Centre by email on November 10th. The IAM Jet Centre replied advising of the requirements for a permit to be issued and was not responded to. Therefore, no permit to land in Jamaica was granted,” Vaz said in an update Monday evening. continues on B3 – Tragedy
Pastor Alexander Wurm and his daughter Serena
ICE operation in Florida results in over 230 removals A recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation targeting immigrants led to more than 230 removals across Florida over 10 days, officials announced Thursday. ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan said the joint effort, conducted with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, was dubbed Operation Criminal Return, also referred to as Operation Dirtbag. The operation resulted in the arrests and removals of:
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“These heinous criminals have gone and attacked children at their most vulnerable state, and law enforcement has stepped up to the plate to remove them from their communities,” Sheahan said, highlighting the severity of the offenses. She thanked Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida officials for their commitment to 287(g) agreements, a federal program that allows local law enforcement officers to perform Sheahan certain
federal immigration enforcement duties, including questioning, arresting, and detaining individuals suspected of violating immigration laws. All 67 counties in Florida, including Broward and Miami-Dade, have participated in the program. Sheahan added that federal leadership has prioritized partnerships with local authorities, stating, “President Trump and [Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem] have made it a priority to let the men and women of ICE go out and do their job… and together we have been able to remove, again, over 230 heinous criminals from their communities.”
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