I had to climb under one and pull out a limb that was blocking the shifting mechanism.
we were in a marsh around Ompa Lake and in the process , the dozer sank and pinned me down ,
sitting tight against my chest. Yes McGuinty we are in a family of thirty million and all the rhetoric in the world did not mean shit to me in that instance and I can relate to the victims in The Elliot Lake Mall.
The Lone Soldier did come to pay his respects on his own time
Otherwise all the passion and the Canadian Army help was all crap and to save face .
I was at the scene and I was thinking how miserably cold it was and how the victims every breath must have been hell.
The Rescuers Quit , aborted the operation ! They put up tents ,poles , portable toilets ,kept busy through the night, and the show went on . International Rescue was there with his equipment and they would not let him in.
He told me all he cared about was saving a life and he was there on his own time and as a volunteer.
I spoke to two Elliot Lake councilors , who told me that was not so , he wanted to get paid just like HUSAR ..... I will not argue... if that is the case PAY HIM !!! The other guys quit.
I did not believe the mall was going to fall any minute and it still standing ! I do believe the escalator was leaning , it probably was that way since they put a sign out of order. I believe the part that fell was a clean break with a few steel beams and blocks of cement hanging there .
I believe the area could have been accessed via the grocery store, via the escalator shafts, via the rear entry, via the old Shoppers Drug Mart loading doors ...
Several miners wanted to go in and I could understand the wisdom of not opening the area to everyone , but as long as there was signs of life everything possible should have been done and the volunteers from down south should have relied on the expertise of northerners and had a rescue conference rather than a press conference.
After a long long interval the operation was re- instated but as a Demolition , and I can assure you that when a slab of cement weighing eight tons is dropped to the groud ...the bulldozer just sank another 40 feet !
I think the demolition was no longer necessary for any practical purposes.
I don't have all the facts and I don't know it all and that is why my opinion will remain...
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