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9. ‘You could hear people screaming’: Heroes recount rescuing survivors of whale-watching tragedy
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 10:03 PM
Oct 2015

These guys need a hero's mention. If it wasn't for them, headlines would read '27 dead'....thank you to our First Nations community for pulling it together so quickly.

By Amy Judd
Online News Producer Global Newd

Excerpt:

When Lucas and Smith arrived at the scene, they plucked three people out of the water right away.

“We got to the life-raft and the guys were pointing us in the direction [saying] ‘there’s people in the water over there,'” said Smith.

“We went to get three people in the water. One guy was clinging to the hull of the Leviathan so we picked him first. And then I heard voices a little ways away, there was two ladies, one hanging on to each other. One of them had a life-jacket, and the other one, I’m not sure if she did or not.”

“One of them was pregnant and one had a broken leg.”


Full article: http://globalnews.ca/news/2300017/you-could-hear-people-screaming-heroes-recount-rescuing-survivors-of-whale-watching-tragedy/

Just horrible.

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