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applegrove

(123,135 posts) Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:02 PM Oct 2015

Tour boat carrying 27 passengers capsizes off Tofino, B.C.

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Tour boat carrying 27 passengers capsizes off Tofino, B.C.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/tour-boat-carrying-27-passengers-capsizes-off-tofino-b-c-1.2627130

"SNIP........

Multiple people are reported dead after a tour boat carrying 27 passengers capsized off the coast of Tofino, B.C. on Sunday.

A search-and-rescue mission has been launched, according to B.C.’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.

The agency says it is unclear how many people have died.

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Later on CTV news: 5 people still missing, survivors being cared for in local homes

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Tour boat carrying 27 passengers capsizes off Tofino, B.C. (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2015 OP

Vibes to one and all. applegrove Oct 2015 #1

wonder if it is weather related KT2000 Oct 2015 #2

One the news they implied they had recovered some bodies. The Pacific there is really, really cold, applegrove Oct 2015 #3

It was sunny, no wind u4ic Oct 2015 #4

OK - thanks KT2000 Oct 2015 #6

I do the same, across the Strait but to the US u4ic Oct 2015 #7

I am jealous!! KT2000 Oct 2015 #8

This is horrible u4ic Oct 2015 #5

‘You could hear people screaming’: Heroes recount rescuing survivors of whale-watching tragedy polly7 Oct 2015 #9

applegrove

(123,135 posts)

1. Vibes to one and all.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:03 PM

Oct 2015

KT2000

(20,840 posts)

2. wonder if it is weather related

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:19 PM

Oct 2015

We share weather conditions with BC and a strong windstorm just started here. This is awful and I hope they get to survivors in time. BC's Coast Guard is excellent.

applegrove

(123,135 posts)

3. One the news they implied they had recovered some bodies. The Pacific there is really, really cold,

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:23 PM

Oct 2015

even in summer.

u4ic

(17,101 posts)

4. It was sunny, no wind

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:37 PM

Oct 2015

at the time. Tofino is farther up Vancouver Island.

It's been windy and grey at the south end of the Island here, probably the same weather system you're referring to.

KT2000

(20,840 posts)

6. OK - thanks

Reply to u4ic (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 09:17 PM

Oct 2015

The wind came in with a punch at about 6. Yes - I look across the Strait to Victoria.

u4ic

(17,101 posts)

7. I do the same, across the Strait but to the US

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 09:22 PM

Oct 2015

KT2000

(20,840 posts)

8. I am jealous!!

Reply to u4ic (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:20 PM

Oct 2015

I would much rather live on your side - neighbor!
Visited Victoria this summer - loved it.

u4ic

(17,101 posts)

5. This is horrible

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:42 PM

Oct 2015

I hope there are few fatalities.

I go whale watching every year (not with this outfit) and they are very vocal in telling people nothing has ever happened while going through the safety procedures. Truly, anything can happen though.

polly7

(20,582 posts)

9. ‘You could hear people screaming’: Heroes recount rescuing survivors of whale-watching tragedy

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

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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