Ice Tragedy In Scarborough

[douG]

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_6015.aspx

 

Please be safe out there this winter, friends. Talk to your kids about ice safety in your neighbourhoods, not just on the big lakes.

[bigfish1965]

Horrible tragedy. This link should be mandatory viewing for Canadians..

Survive a fall through the ice..

[Terry]

very sad

we have had our first ice death

...................snowmoblie death and

...........................ATV crash, driver taken to hospital

on this past weekend...........

[Blake]

A terrible tragedy. Stay safe everyone

[trapshooter]

Great video Rick. Thanks for posting that link.

[Rich Clemens]

I hope all the members and guests take time to read that article. We heard about tragedies like this south of the border as well. Great job in posting this.

[DanTheMan]

Well, it was a matter of time before we seen one these post come on for the first ice ,

 

Very sad indeed

[Dutch]

Definitely a tragedy that could be avoided.

 

Good information too.

[Carp]

Not a good start to the winter season.

[Rattletrap2]

It is a terrible tradgedy indeed. I feel very sorry for the Parents of that 11 year old boy, but the neighbourhood calling for destruction of the pond does not make any sense to me.

They said it has been there for 5 years now, and probably serves a good purpose for flood control. This pond is something that could be a true benefit to the area in more ways than one.

 

The real need is for education. These people need to be taught about the perils and hazards of early winter ice. Accidents can always still happen, but destruction of this pond is not the answer.

 

I hope this does not come off as insensitive, but I always hate it when everyone jumps to rash decisions and starts calling for an end to these things because of an unfortunate accident.

 

Its like when a poor kid gets hurt tobogganing in a place where they never should have been, and people start calling for toboggan hills all over to be shut down and the activity banned! makes no sense!

[luv2drift]

I am a paramedic in Toronto. My co workers had to do that call. I have always been in water safety from

Lifeguarding to my former job as a commercial diver..........the government MUST institute the Red Cross swimming system as a mandatory requirement in schools!!!!!

[bigfish1965]

I'd like to see inflatable lifejackets in police cruisers. Had one of the officers had one, he could have been tethered and taken the plunge. Cold, yes...but when a life is in obvious peril, it isn't a difficult decision.

[Pinch]

I'd like to see inflatable lifejackets in police cruisers. Had one of the officers had one, he could have been tethered and taken the plunge. Cold, yes...but when a life is in obvious peril, it isn't a difficult decision.

 

 

All Police Cars have a removable back seat that functions as a floatation device.

 

Two officers did in fact 'take the plunge' in an attempt to rescue one of the children. One officer went under three or four times searching the 20' deep water for the child until others arrived to help.

[ccmtcanada]

To make matters worse, the family of the 11 year old just had their refugee claim rejected and they have to leave the country. Jeez, their boy dies trying to help another, and then the family is booted from the country. That sucks!!!

[bigfish1965]

 

 

All Police Cars have a removable back seat that functions as a floatation device.

 

Two officers did in fact 'take the plunge' in an attempt to rescue one of the children. One officer went under three or four times searching the 20' deep water for the child until others arrived to help.

 

That is good to know and certainly different than the news story I saw portrayed it...but that shouldn't surprise me.

I always have my inflator in the car and 100ft of rope with it.

[ccmtcanada]

Oh man...this story gets stranger and stranger. Seems the father has been identified as a high ranking officer of the Tamil Tiger terrorist group, and that's why he has to leave the country....