Ruger1022
08-06-2011, 10:02 PM
What began Saturday as an exhaustive rescue mission for a Calgary man who fell into Chesteremere Lake had by nightfall turned into a recovery.
Fire officials say the man, identified only as a Calgary resident in his 30s, likely had not survived.
“We did our best efforts to make the rescue attempts,” said Chestermere fire captain Craig Passmore.
“After an hour and a half it has to turn into a recovery. There’s no way a person can last that long.”
A diver team had been dispatched to aid in the recovery effort.
The search began shortly after 6 p.m. upon reports a man disappeared in the southern region of Chestermere Lake, in this bedroom community east of Calgary.
Officials say the man was in a tube, being towed by an 18-foot boat and three friends from the Calgary area.
He wasn’t wearing a life jacket.
Passmore called it an unusual set of circumstances, one that could have been prevented.
“I think it reminds everybody that safety is paramount. You have to wear a lifejacket when you’re out having fun on the weekends in your watercraft,” Passmore said.
Several EMS, fire and police crews were staging their rescue efforts at the Chestermere Yacht Club.
STARS Air Ambulance and Calgary’s HAWC helicopter joined in the effort, circling the lake’s southern end for any sign of the man.
As the search began, a group of four people, identified as the victim’s friends, sat draped in towels by the water’s edge.
One woman sobbed into her hands, surrounded by several emergency personnel.
RCMP were still searching the waters at press time.
NO LIFE JACKET on a tube or in the water for that matter????:snapoutofit:
condolences to the family of course, but this did not need to happen!!
Fire officials say the man, identified only as a Calgary resident in his 30s, likely had not survived.
“We did our best efforts to make the rescue attempts,” said Chestermere fire captain Craig Passmore.
“After an hour and a half it has to turn into a recovery. There’s no way a person can last that long.”
A diver team had been dispatched to aid in the recovery effort.
The search began shortly after 6 p.m. upon reports a man disappeared in the southern region of Chestermere Lake, in this bedroom community east of Calgary.
Officials say the man was in a tube, being towed by an 18-foot boat and three friends from the Calgary area.
He wasn’t wearing a life jacket.
Passmore called it an unusual set of circumstances, one that could have been prevented.
“I think it reminds everybody that safety is paramount. You have to wear a lifejacket when you’re out having fun on the weekends in your watercraft,” Passmore said.
Several EMS, fire and police crews were staging their rescue efforts at the Chestermere Yacht Club.
STARS Air Ambulance and Calgary’s HAWC helicopter joined in the effort, circling the lake’s southern end for any sign of the man.
As the search began, a group of four people, identified as the victim’s friends, sat draped in towels by the water’s edge.
One woman sobbed into her hands, surrounded by several emergency personnel.
RCMP were still searching the waters at press time.
NO LIFE JACKET on a tube or in the water for that matter????:snapoutofit:
condolences to the family of course, but this did not need to happen!!