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New 6-lane Pattullo top choice – except in New West
‘It sucks all the colour out of the world’
Surrey-Coquitlam crossing one of a half-dozen options
Still grieving 20 years after the shooting of a pair of Surrey teens, families don’t want them forgotten
by Jeff Nagel A NEW six-lane Pattullo Bridge
by Sheila Reynolds
WHEN IT first happens, there is only numbness, says Wendy Chapman. A loved one is murdered, and there are initially no feelings. Nothing makes sense. Everything seems surreal. A dark shadow is cast and you can’t fathom this is your life. There’s no reprieve from the pain. “It sucks all the colour out of the world,” Chapman says. Yesterday marked 20 years since Chapman’s younger brother Chris Lussier, 16, and his best buddy 15-year-old Paul McDaniel, were shot to death beneath the Pattullo Bridge. On Sept. 11, 1993, the teens were driven to the remote spot by John Joseph Arneil, who gunned them down. A third victim, Richard Moisan, survived by pretending he was dead. Arneil, who was then 18, had confronted the trio of teens on a Surrey street earlier that evening, telling Lussier Wendy Chapman that his girlfriend had accused him of raping her. Arneil convinced them to stay put, warning he’d know Lussier was guilty if he left. The three remained, determined to prove Lussier’s innocence. When he returned, he ordered them into the car and drove to a pile of dirt under the bridge where, one by one, he turned his gun on the teens. Moisan, who was shot in the face, heard Arneil say “adios” before he shot Lussier. He waited until Arneil left and later called 911, identifying him as the killer.
“It’s still just as raw and just as painful as it was the first day.”
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Sept. 11 marked the 20th anniversary of the murders of Surrey teenagers Chris Lussier (top) and Paul McDaniel, who were shot at point blank range under the Pattullo Bridge in 1993. The possibility of their killer being released from jail haunts their families.
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where the old one now crosses the Fraser River is the public’s top choice out of the main bridge replacement options TransLink has put on the table. But while that choice won out among Surrey and broader Metro Vancouver participants in consultations held in June, it was soundly opposed in New Westminster. Instead, reflecting vocal resistance to heavy traffic The aging Pattullo rolling Bridge needs to through be refurbished or their city, replaced. the top choice of New Westminster residents was a new four-lane bridge linking Surrey and Coquitlam, while rehabilitating the Pattullo for two- or three-lane use. See NEW SPAN / Page 4
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