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May 16, 1986 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 28 pages 25¢

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86’s Search:and Rescue Week and-

uesday. during aerial rescue exercises :

PAGE 15.

Cory Tardiff, a Grade 10 student
at Handsworth Secondary School,

Roblin Place, to rescue 15-year-old
Laurie Lalonde Saturday.

Tardiff said he ran into the resi-
dence after he saw flames break
out and a young girl hanging out
of the window coughing.

“tt happened so quick I didn’t
have time to think about it,’’ he
said. ,

“I suppose | thought | had to
get her out, so I just went in and
got her out.”

SMOKE-FILLED ROOM

Tardiff located Lalonde in an
upstairs bedroom, grabbed her by
the hand and guided her out
through the smoke-filled room and
down a burning staircase.

“The fire came around really
fast,’’ he said.

“It was like an explosion. It was
really scary actually, because |
couldn't see - it was black.’

North Vancouver District Fire
Deparunent investigator Li. Ken
Fleming said Tardiff's actions
saved the girl from sustaining any
injuries and, he said, the fire chief
will be notified of the boy’s ac-
tions.

INJURIES AVOIDED

“She couldn’t have got out on
“her own,’ said Fleming. ‘She
was trapped by the fire and smoke.
Cory put two coats over himself
and dashed into the house.’’

went into a burning house, at 3775 °

A 16-YEAR-old North Vancouver boy is credited with ‘sav-
ing the life of another young teenager.

By KIM PEMBERTO:
News Reporter

He said he would not like to say
what the extent of Lalonde’s inju-
ries may have been. :

Fleming said when fire engines
arrived on the scene, five minutes
after the 10 p.m. call was received,
the fire had spread throughout the
house and to adjacent trees.

-Tardiff said he. doesn’t see
himself as a hero.

“JT just felt it was something that
had to be done,”’ he said.

Although Tardiff had never met
Lalonde, he was friends with two
teenage girls, Dana. Hansen and
Nazanin Motamedi, who were also
in the house when the fire broke
out.

RAN TO SAFETY

Both girls were able to run to
safety on their own, and tried to
move the family’s automobile out
of the fire’s path.

All four teenagers were taken to
Lions Gate Hospital, where they
were treated and released.

Nazanin is the daughter of the
home's owner, who was at work at
the time, Her mother was on holi-
day in fran.

Fleming said the house was
gutted and insurance adjusters
estimate the house’s value at
$120,000 and its contents at
$80,000. He said the cause of the
blaze was smoking material.