Late Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9, while walking around Alta Lake we witnessed firsthand our local heroes saving a life.
Watching the flailing arms of the drowning man in the centre of the lake while firefighters sprint-crawled the Rapid Deployment Raft across the precarious ice with everything their arms could deliver was both gravely tense and inspiring.
We are very appreciative, grateful, and proud of all our emergency response personnel: RCMP, Emergency Medical Technicians, firefighters and the helicopter pilot who all teamed in on the rescue.
Watching the layered-response system, with our highly skilled firefighters taking the lead role to rescue an extremely fortunate individual, brought tears to our eyes.
There is no greater reward in life than saving one.
With deep appreciation,
Arthur De Jong // Whistler
