shockedcanadian
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I post this because very simply I respect men who are courageous enough to risk themselves for others.
It's a reminder that not all Canadians are as cowardly as the Creepy Ones. We still do have men and women with morals who risk themselves for others without any self benefit.
I salute you sir.
David Hickey was enjoying an afternoon run along the shore of the Ottawa River on Wednesday when he noticed a commotion in the water near Westboro Beach.
"I saw some splashing in the water. Then when I took one of my headphones out, I heard some screaming and there was a bunch of people gathering by the shore," Hickey, 32, told CBC on Thursday.
Someone was in trouble about 20 metres from shore. Without pausing to consider his own safety, Hickey jumped into the water and swam out to help.
By the time he reached the struggling swimmers — a younger man and a boy — they had both slipped under the surface.
Hickey, a physiotherapist who describes himself as "not the strongest swimmer" despite taking a basic lifeguarding course as a kid, managed to grab hold of the boy and began paddling backward toward shore.
Realizing the man was still in distress, Hickey told him to hang onto the child, then pulled them both to safety.
That's when Hickey discovered there had been a third person in the water — the boy's father, 42-year-old Rowell Navarro.
Navarro was eventually pulled from the water, but despite extensive resuscitation efforts he was later pronounced dead in hospital.
It's a reminder that not all Canadians are as cowardly as the Creepy Ones. We still do have men and women with morals who risk themselves for others without any self benefit.
I salute you sir.
David Hickey was enjoying an afternoon run along the shore of the Ottawa River on Wednesday when he noticed a commotion in the water near Westboro Beach.
"I saw some splashing in the water. Then when I took one of my headphones out, I heard some screaming and there was a bunch of people gathering by the shore," Hickey, 32, told CBC on Thursday.
Someone was in trouble about 20 metres from shore. Without pausing to consider his own safety, Hickey jumped into the water and swam out to help.
By the time he reached the struggling swimmers — a younger man and a boy — they had both slipped under the surface.
Hickey, a physiotherapist who describes himself as "not the strongest swimmer" despite taking a basic lifeguarding course as a kid, managed to grab hold of the boy and began paddling backward toward shore.
Realizing the man was still in distress, Hickey told him to hang onto the child, then pulled them both to safety.
That's when Hickey discovered there had been a third person in the water — the boy's father, 42-year-old Rowell Navarro.
Navarro was eventually pulled from the water, but despite extensive resuscitation efforts he was later pronounced dead in hospital.
