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uppityperson

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12. Update from survivors on what happened
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 06:26 PM
Oct 2015

Not a lot of info yet, but figured you'd be interested.



http://www.vancouversun.com/news/rescuer+recalls+distraught+terrified+passengers+from+capsized+whale/11469451/story.html

When we got into calm waters they were saying they were looking at the seals and they saw this real big wave coming, bigger than the rest," he said. "It brought them up and they fell over and just started tumbling, over and over.

"The next thing they know the boat is full of water and they were all rushing out. The only thing they could see was the life raft so they all swam for the life raft."

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tofino-whale-watching-accident-eye-witness-accounts-1.3288970

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