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applegrove

(123,191 posts) Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:02 PM Aug 2016

U.S. border agents cross into Canada to rescue residents from Niagara Falls house fire

U.S. border agents cross into Canada to rescue residents from Niagara Falls house fire

By The Canadian Press, The Toronto Star

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/26/us-border-agents-cross-into-canada-to-rescue-residents-from-niagara-falls-house-fire.html

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BUFFALO, N.Y.—Americans have unexpectedly come ashore in Canada for the second time in less than a week, but they weren’t wayward partiers — they came here to save lives.

It was just after 1 a.m. Thursday when U.S. Border Patrol marine units based in Buffalo, N.Y., noticed a house on fire on the Canadian shoreline near Niagara Falls, Ont.

The border agents didn’t spot any firefighters or rescue vehicles, so they manoeuvred their boats close to shore, set off their sirens and shone spotlights to alert the residents.

The agents eventually came ashore and one led a family of four, including two children, out of the burning house to a safe spot across the road.

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U.S. border agents cross into Canada to rescue residents from Niagara Falls house fire (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2016 OP

Poutine is on the house Botany Aug 2016 #1

In a neighborhood with an airstrip here KT2000 Aug 2016 #2

Before the US joined WWII, Roosevelt had us factories building planes applegrove Aug 2016 #3

Botany

(72,505 posts)

1. Poutine is on the house

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:02 PM

Aug 2016

That's what friends are for!

"The agents eventually came ashore and one led a family of four, including two children, out of
the burning house to a safe spot across the road."

KT2000

(20,861 posts)

2. In a neighborhood with an airstrip here

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:42 PM

Aug 2016

(across from Victoria BC on the US side) a man accidently left this emergency beacon on. In no time, a Canadian rescue unit arrived by helicopter to rescue the people in trouble. The US Coast Guard never did show up. The Canadians were some of the first to arrive in Katrina but were turned away.
Love the Canadians.

applegrove

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3. Before the US joined WWII, Roosevelt had us factories building planes

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:50 PM

Aug 2016

in the US and rolling them across the border to Canada on a special airstrip that straddled the border, circumventing US law at the time that said the US was not allowed to build and fly fighters to Canada. Those fighters were used to train the RAF and CRAF pilots so those young men had a chance in the battle of Britain and beyond.

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