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

[applegrove]

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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

[applegrove]

1. Vibes to one and all.

[KT2000]

2. wonder if it is weather related

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]

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

even in summer.

[u4ic]

4. It was sunny, no wind

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]

6. OK - thanks

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

[u4ic]

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

[KT2000]

8. I am jealous!!

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

[u4ic]

5. This is horrible

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]

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

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.