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Wednesday, July 27, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
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HAWC flies dad to dying son Thought to be the first time police used helicopter this way Five-year-old died after falling in the water at Sylvan Lake COURTESY OF CALGARY POLICE SERVICE
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Calgary Stampeders outrider Shelby donates blood yesterday with support from her peers Kendra, left, and Amy. JEREMY NOLAIS/METRO
It takes all types of donors Calgary Stampeders players and outriders took time from midweek game preparations to donate blood yesterday at the Canadian Blood Services’ downtown centre. The football club has pledged to make at least 20 donations this year.
With his son fighting for his life, a Calgary father was rushed to his bedside by police helicopter Monday night. RCMP issued a call for assistance to locate the father of a five-yearold boy pulled from Sylvan Lake in central Alberta at about 6:45 p.m. Calgary police found the child’s father and at first they intended to transport the distraught dad via police vehicle to a Red Deer hospital where his son was being treated. However, given the grave circumstances and the condition of the youngster, police decided to deploy a HAWC helicopter that was already patrolling local skies, Calgary police spokesperson Kevin Brookwell said. “It was the right thing to do,”
he said yesterday. “I think that was a very prudent and safe thing to do and the resource was already there.” The boy was pronounced dead in hospital Monday night. His identity has not been released. RCMP spokesperson Patrick Webb said he believes the father made it to his son before it was too late. Webb said it is believed the boy was not under close observation and ended up in the water near the summer village of Norglenwold on the west side of Sylvan Lake. “This is truly a tragedy for the family,” he said. Carol McMillan, Norglenwold’s mayor, said she learned of the incident yesterday morning. “I was absolutely shocked,” she said. “This is a quiet summertime community.... It’s awful.”
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True blue It costs about $750 an hour to operate the HAWC. But police point out it was already in service when used to transport a distraught father Monday. The helicopter trip to Red Deer took 45 minutes each way, Calgary police say.
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HAWCs have patrolled Calgary for some 16 years.
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