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MowCowWhoHow III

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9. Five Britons killed after boat sinks

Reply to Bigmack (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 09:25 AM

Oct 2015

Five Britons were killed when a whale-watching boat sank off the coast of western Canada, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34640345

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Multiple fatalities after whale-watching boat carrying 27 sinks off Vancouver Island [View all] Bigmack Oct 2015 OP

damn. restorefreedom Oct 2015 #1

Update.... Bigmack Oct 2015 #2

Another update... from the CBC... Bigmack Oct 2015 #3

A fourth person has died.. Bigmack Oct 2015 #4

Thank you for the updates. pugetres Oct 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #6

Death toll is at five. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #7

Here's the link to Vancouver Sun, with photo of the boat. Damn. 5 dead,1 still missing. uppityperson Oct 2015 #8

That picture scares the shit out of me.... Bigmack Oct 2015 #10

Friends cruised that area last summer, we stick more to the San Juan and inside Vanc Island uppityperson Oct 2015 #11

Five Britons killed after boat sinks MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #9

Update from survivors on what happened uppityperson Oct 2015 #12

Some kind of rogue wave alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #13

Sounds like it. With varied currents, tidal rips, it can be very scary uppityperson Oct 2015 #14

... Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #15

Sad news. Tragedy can strike anytime, anywhere. Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #16