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Survivor praises WVPD’s ‘silent heroes’ WestVancouver couple salute victim services volunteers MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
Jim Graham collapsed two metres across the U.S. border from a massive heart attack while his wife Barbara was sitting at home in Caulfeild,
blissfully unaware that her husband was clinically dead. Jim, 67, was biking from Tsawwassen to Point Roberts on June 7 with his good friend Andy, who he has known just as long as his wife, when the chest pain hit
hard. “He got five feet across the border and dropped dead,” said Barbara. A Point Roberts border guard who had just recertified his CPR training the week prior rushed over to Jim within one minute and began trying to bring him back to life. Point Roberts firefighters and paramedics arrived shortly after and worked on Jim for 45 minutes.
Not knowing if his best friend was going to make it, Andy was instructed by a first responder at the scene to not call Jim’s wife of 47 years to tell her what happened. Instead he had to drive two hours to West Vancouver to give Barbara the bad news. At 1:25 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, Barbara opened her front door and there was Andy, accompanied by a
stranger. “Andy fell into me, saying Jim has had a heart attack,” recalls Barbara. Then everything went blurry for her. “Surreal. Absolutely surreal. It’s one of those moments that goes into the memory bank forever and time is frozen,” said Barbara. The next thing she remembers is Darren putting his arm around her for comfort — Darren, a
victim services volunteer with the West Vancouver Police Department, and a complete stranger to Barbara. “He (Darren) was very solid. He was very kind. He was very supportive and started telling me things I needed to do: Get your passport, pack an overnight bag, call immediate family. SeeVictim page 11
Shrinking daylight strands hikers MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
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After another busy week plucking people from the backcountry, North Shore Rescue is now reminding backcountry enthusiasts that as summer comes to a close, darkness can creep up on the unwary. Such was the case Thursday when three women in their mid-20s were stranded on the treacherous Suicide Bluffs trail on Mount Seymour after nightfall. The trio’s intention was to hike Dog Mountain but they became disoriented in the dark on their way back down and found themselves on Suicide Bluffs, an area with massive cliffs and complex terrain. “Oh man, Suicide Bluffs has three (hundred) to 400-foot cliff bands — so significant,” said NSR team See Hikers page 9
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