A strong current sweeps a woman from a sandbar in Saskatoon. The current forces her below the water and carries her downstream. She is rescued just in time by two strangers.
A man and his two daughters skate on a river near Windsor. The man passes under a bridge, screams and disappears through the ice. He does not survive.
A simple trip to the laundromat turns into a nightmare when a Manitoba couple's four-year-old son falls into the nearby river. The father dives in and recovers the submerged child, who is no longer breathing and has no pulse. The mother performs CPR on him and brings him back to life.
Sobering stories, we know, and all true ones! Will you be ready if it happens to you? Lifesaving Society programs teach self-rescue, rescue of others and basic first aid.
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