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n a masterful display of planning and a humbling show of support, emergency responders from across Canada gathered in Sechelt Sunday to honour the valour and the memories of their fallen colleagues, Beatrice Sorenson and Angie Nemeth. The two women perished during a training exercise at Skookumchuck Narrows on Sunday, June 3, when their vessel flipped, its automatic righting system failed to deploy, and they were trapped beneath it. Most of the almost 500 emergency responders attending from off-Coast
JuneHorseshoe 2, 2011 sailed from Services and RCMP in Issue Date: ____________________ Bay aboard the 11:20 fer- full dress uniforms formed Deadline for approval ry, escorted by police, fire an honour guard at the changes is as entrance to the Chateland SAR or vessels as well Monday by 3:00 the SAR’s Cormorant p.m. he- ech school gymnasium, as licopter. If we do not hear from you by thismore than 400 dignitarwe can assume all is correct. Astime, over 800 guests ar- ies, friends, and colleagues rived atPlease Chatelech Secondfiled past to their assigned let us know how we ary for the services and seating area. They were folcan serve you best. linedYour upbusiness to sign the meis important to us!lowed by the emergency morial books, regalia-clad responders in strict order members of the Sechelt by agency in an impressive First Nations offered up display of solidarity. Enlistsongs mourning the loss of ed RCM-SAR. More than Sorenson and Nemeth — 100 Coast Guard memtheir fellow paddlers. bers – a sea of white shirts. Members of the enlisted RCMP in red serge. BC Royal Canadian Marine Ambulance Service paraSearch and Rescue (RCM- medics. Police. Firefighters. SAR), BC Ambulance Ground SAR responders.
Chaplain Bruce Rushton led the service, offering condolences to the families and friends and encouraging all to share their memories to ease the pain of this unexpected loss. “Each day, when saying goodbye, we often don’t realize it may be our last goodbye,” he said. Canadian Coast Guard Deputy Commissioner Jody Thomas conveyed condolences from the Commissioner and the Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence. Thomas, along with Ron Kroeker from the National SAR Secretariat and RCM-SAR
station leader John Wiseman, paid tribute to these emergency responders who chose to sacrifice their personal time to train to save others’ lives. Thomas noted that, “Everyone in the marine community is greatly affected,” by the tragedy. “Speaking for those who go down to the sea in ships — we will remember and honour them.” Wiseman, as Station Leader for Sorenson and Nemeth’s unit, recalled the two women with fondness. Nemeth mentored See “Memorial” (Continued on page 17)