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Anna Marie D'Angelo:

‘News Reporur dangelo@nsnews.com

A crew.member from a Panama-registered
freighter was kilied on Monday during a fifeboat
drill off Cates Park.

The man, trom the Philippines, died of head injuries atter being crushed

in the liteboat. His name was not released to press time “Tuesday.
» Four other men ia the boar and about three crew member that dove

into the cold w rater te Ip all survived, Some of the survivers gor hypother- ”

_ mia. .
A cable on the liteboat snapped when it was being lowered over the side
‘the freighter. The dangling liteboar bashed against dhe side of the fulcas
race. fora short time : :
before othe «second. cable
snapped, "said North
V. 2RCOMP Const.

“fiteboat | dropped
about. 2 metres (70 teet)
upside down into the water,
Three of the crew members
in the fitebaat eaped. “Two
were:trapped in the fifeboat, ca: i
which © is: -enciosed and NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
designed for usc in heavy ONE man died in this lifeboat on

of the men died - Monday off Cates Park.
from the injuries sattered in
the mishap, Rescuers credit the quick work ofthe Coast Guard divers in sav
we the lite of the other trapped man.

Coast Guard diver Hin Garrett said that he found the trapped crew men
ber as soon as the diver got inte the tipped feboat. Garrett said the crew
inember was ceading water. Fle had his head up ina small air pocket trving
ti breath in the dark liteboat,

“PE manaved to getup to him, used my spare regulator and spare niask. |

him a quick little sctba feson and managed to get hint back down the

T came in,” snd: Garrett, 26. of © ‘oquitlam. The other Coast Guard

diver was: John Merrett, 200. of North Vancouver, Phe resene dive team
Aworks out of the Sea Island Coast Gaard hovercratt base.

* Garrett said the rapped crew member was surting to panic when he got
ast Guard divers: ctabt minutes to arrive -

ddded that it tok the

vat.the accident scene after the mayelay call. The hovercraft had just finished
ponding toafire near Point when the fifeboat accident occurred.

“it’s the one We were training for,” said Garren. “It's nice ta have made

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NEWS photo Mike Waketield

A group of North Shore veterans backdrops a field of 650 crosses erected at the North Vancouver
.City cemetery on the graves of fallen comrades by members of Lynn Valley legion's Branch 114,

* See page 3 for News Remembrance Day coverage.