Father and mother gone in one day. Spare a thought for Charisa and Myles Jr

Charisa and Chairo Myles Munroe Jr woke up Sunday morning in a happy family, complete with father and mother ─ but they went to bed same day as orphans. It could not have been a more traumatic experience for the young college graduates.

Their father, Myles Munroe, was a global icon who coached millions about discovering their purpose in life and fulfilling their destiny. He was a pastor, author, motivational speaker and leadership consultant across the world.

His wife, Ruth, was also on the doomed flight which crashed on approach near Grand Bahama International Airport, killing all the nine passengers on board.

Not much is known about Chairo, who is yet to speak on this tragic family accident.

He last updated his status on this facebook page in August 2013, but he has many pictures indicating that he loves travelling and seeing sights.

In one of the pictures, he was standing close to a young tiger, indicating that he might be one for adventure. It appears he wanted to give the tiger a kiss.

Chairo is the younger of the two children and there is every reason to believe he is not married yet, just like the sister.

Munroe often displayed pictures of his immediate family on Christmas cards he sent out on behalf of his ministry, and was known to place family high on his priority list.

The Senior vice president and pastor Richard Pinder also died in the crash, but the programme they were going for would still hold, according to a message on Munroe’s facebook page.

It read: “Dear Facebook Friends, On behalf of Myles Munroe International and ITWLA. We would like to inform you that the Global Leadership Forum will continue. The Forum will be for two and a half days (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning). This is what Dr. Munroe would have wanted. Please keep his family and the ministry in prayers.”

Authorities said the Lear jet carrying Munroe and others exploded on impact with a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship Yard and plunged into a junkyard below as it was making its landing approach for Grand Bahama about 5:10 p.m.(11.10pm Nigerian time), about an hour after takeoff from Nassau.

The Civil Aviation Department said it would launch a full-scale investigation of the crash.

Editor’s Note: Initial reports that the daughter, Charisa, was also on the flight have been corrected.