Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnora March 2001 Canada a13 doomed teens haunt witness saw them on Floe seconds before they died in sea by Michael Macdonald Pouch Terry Otoole will never forget the look on the faces of two teens clinging to a chunk of ice seconds before a wave swept them to their deaths in the Harbour of this tiny Newfoundland its a hard picture to get out of my Otoole said yesterday As searchers recovered the body of one of three teens who drowned the night before after slipping off Small cakes of ice that had jammed the entire its something ill have to Deal with i Otoole was one of about a dozen people who raced to the ice covered Shore thursday evening after hearing several boys had slipped into the frigid by the time we got one was we never even seen said a quiet Man who works at a steel company in nearby pieces of snatched from the trunks of were rapidly tied together and tossed to the struggling youths As heavy surf pounded the rocks behind the town one of the Young Fellows on the Little piece of ice had a hold of the rope and i guess after hitting that he was too numb to hold on to the boys then disappeared into the heaving sea after a huge swell forced the rescuers Back from the Waters when i looked they were nowhere in Otoole there was nothing i could do there was nothing anyone could do once they went Sean Ryan of the Royal newfound land constabulary said one of the teens had the rope wrapped around one Arm and was being hauled to Shore when he made a lunge to try to grab one of his buddies in the the teens were then hit by a Large wave and swept he hindered his own to ensure Gary press a search Andrescu helicopter hovers Over area where boys were swept into that his buddy was coming with Ryan said during a news the search for the two other bodies continued yesterday As the Slushy carpet of ice and known locally As Slob drifted out of the Bay and into the icy North Atlantic under Bright the body of Jesse was pulled from the water by the Crew aboard a Labrador search and Rescue the bodies of Adam Wall and Adrian both had yet to be a fourth teenage boy who had joined his friends on the ice managed to but not before he tried to Rescue his police that boys a hero the who Neighbours identified As Michael was pulled from the Shore As he Lay on the ice and stretched out to reach his that boys a said he risked his life to save his it was an Amaz ing act of courage to have such Calm in utter the boy remains deeply disturbed by what happened but was reported in Good physical shape he was seen walking around town but refused to talk to Ryan said its easy to see Why Slob ice can be a though it looks its really just a soupy mass of table sized chunks that can be More than a metre its like trying to swim in a he said to reporters gathered inside the towns Volunteer fire scores of some carrying stood solemnly along the Shore and watched As three helicopters took turns hovering Over the Only a few metres from the search was expected to continue but the forecast was calling for a storm to move into the which is about 40 kilo metres North of Johns on the tip of the Avalon a memorial service is planned for next some residents say the boys we rent try ing to walk on the Harbour ice but misjudged where the Shore ended and the floes Canadian press girls sex attacker stalked family say police Calgary police charged an 18yearold Man with sexually assaulting two Little girls in their Home after their 14yearold Babysitter was locked in a bathroom at investigators said the attacker watched the House and planned the crime to coincide with the absence of the parents of the aged six and Morgan Earl Smith appeared in provincial court yesterday he was arrested thursday night at his Home about two Kilometres from where sundays attack the attack happened when a Man forced his Way into the Home by police said they believed the intruder timed his attack at the very moment the girls Mother was away at a movie and their father was off on a skiing Smith faces 16 charges including break and sexual assault with a unlawful confinement and uttering Smith was remanded in custody and will be Back in court March a crowd of about 30 people rallied in Down town Calgary yesterday at calling for tougher treatment of sexual predators who tar get event organizer Kerry Kohan said she Felt she had to organize the rally when she heard that the girls were assaulted in their Canadian press Locking in your natural Gas rates Consumers in Manitoba now have the option of Locking in r primary natural Gas Supply with Gas marketers at fixed rates for up 5 As owner of Centra Manitoba Hydro believes its important that you consider these facts before making your decision natural Gas is a commodity that is bought and sold in a highly competitive Market where prices May Rise and fall every almost All natural Gas consumed in Manitoba is purchased from Alberta at Market natural Gas rates across North America 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