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Other: Kayak rescue on the St. Lawrence
By:Roger Tulk
Date: 11/15/2001, 11:36 pm

Thought I'd share this,as the chances are it won't make the news South of the border. Tonight, a man in Montreal drove his SUV into the St. Lawrence, intending to kill himself and his two daughters. The older daughter swam back to shore, and the man and his younger daughter ended up standing on a rock, chest deep in the freezing water. The firefighters were unable to get a line to them, and were waiting for a rescue boat, when some people who lived nearby called on Fanny Rousseau, a massage therapist and kayaker. She put her kayak in the water, and got to the pair with a towline and pulled them back to shore. I saw the clips on CTV tonight. It was cold and dark, and that water was moving awfully fast. Fanny says she doesn't feel like a hero.

Father is on his way to jail after he gets out of hospital, and both daughters are doing fine.

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Other: Kayak rescue on the St. Lawrence
Roger Tulk -- 11/15/2001, 11:36 pm
Re: Other: Kayak rescue on the St. Lawrence
Don Beale -- 11/16/2001, 10:26 am
Re: Other: Kayak rescue on the St. Lawrence
Liz Leedham -- 11/16/2001, 1:01 pm