10 - Wednesday, August 14, 1985 - North Shore News inquiring: reporter Barrett Fisher WITH A RECENT rash of violent killings in Vancouver, the personal safety of innocent bystanders is becoming more and more of a concern. Inquiring reporter asks people on the streets Should residents carry guns Doug Phillips North Vancouver No, they shouldn’t carry guns because that’s why the killings are happen- ing. People shouldn't have the guns in the first Roy Pearman North Vancouver No. If everyone's carry- ing guns you'll have a lot more people shot. With strict gun control we can keep a lot more control. for Richard Mardon North Vancouver No, definitely not. Carry- ing a gun is not a means of self-defence. You’re just legitimizing violence. PO rr rrr mene Kim Easterbrook North Vancouver No it will just cause more violence. We don’t need any more violence. place. TWO DEAD, ONE MISSING Boating collision a fam ily tr From Page 1 Children’s Hospital in a coma. The father, George Kwok, and brother Nelson, 10, survived the mishap without serious injury. ‘‘Upon impact the Kimberley (Kwoks’ boat) capsized and was dragged under the ferry,’’ said Join- son. The Kimberley was en route to the Sunshine Coast. By the time John Soprovich, a repair worker at Whytecliff Marina, arriv- ed on the scene with a two-man West Vancouver fire department rescue squad, the ferry was circling and the Kwoks’ boat lay capsized with its stern out of the water and a large gash aa » cut in its hull! — the cabin had ieieeebeabeiiel ripped right off. TRVERODOS DB} ; —_ George Kwok, 48, was ~MVIREENS SE TEAR AB pulled from the water by a tug while Nelson perched on the hull of the boat. ‘Fhe boy wanted to swim to us but we said we would pick him up,’’ said Soprovich. ‘‘We had a small 15-foot launch and could get in close.” When Soprovich learned people were still trapped under the boat he dropped , . we og, sats . ‘che . disaster Off the firemen and rushed RESCUE helicopter hovers above the Queen of Cowichan just after the ferry collided with 2 small fishing boat. The disaster back to Whytecliff. caused ferry traffic to back up as far as Eagle Harbour in West Van (bottom photo). Soprovich picked up two ree OT ome WEL fg Be: £1 divers and sped back to the y crash site. Within minutes the mother and young child were brought up from the boat's hold. BCE WOMAN DIED Firefighters tried to resuscitate the woman on the Kimberfey’s hull before transpurting her to a search and rescue craft but it was too fate. She later died at Lions Gate Hospital, accor- ding to Joinson, “They were full of salt water and the woman had a large bruise on her head,"* said Soprovich, who worked to revive the young child, whether all residents should carry guns for self-defence, or if that is not a good idea. Today's question is: self-defence? Margaret Carroll North Vancouver No, I don’t think that's a good idea because it would get people into more violence. although these efforts failed. The child was subsequently transfered to Lions Gate Hospital and then to Children’s Hospital where he remained in critical condi- tion to press time Tuesday. Witnesses on the ferry said the Queen of Cowichan blew its whistle repeatedly but George Kwok said he didn’t have a chance. Kwok said he was below deck when he first heard the ferry honking. He said he put the boat in neutral look- ed out only to see the ferry heading straight for him. He put his engines in reverse but it was too late. He blames the ferry for the mishap. “I think they are solely responsible,’ said Kwok shortly after being brought ashore. “‘I’ve been yachting a long time. I know the ferry has the right of way but they should have given me more warning.”’ NO COMMENT B.C. Ferry Corporation spokesman Betty Nicholson declined to comment about the crash but added they are conducting an investigation into the disaster. She said a report should be ready within three days. ‘The mishap is presently under a joint investigation by the B.C. RCMP, the Coroner's Service and Transport Canada’s Marine casualty investigators,"’ said Joinson. ‘Martin is missing and presumed drowned but the search will continue to- day (Tuesday)”’ he said. The rules of the seas say the most manoeuvrable craft gives right of way. The Kimberley was definitely in the path of the ferry, said Soprovich. In that area the ferry is still travelling quick- ly. Soprovich added that the mishap happened in calm, uncrowded waters. Pitch-in and Keep Canada wpe NEWS photos Terry Peters