Breast cancer survivors dragon boat team save drowning man’s life
They are all survivors, living through a battle against cancer, and last weekend they saved a man’s life.
The FLCC Fort-itude (Fort Langley Canoe Club, part of Abreast In A Boat) dragon boat team was about to begin its usual Saturday practice session in Fort Langley last Saturday, when they heard someone yelling for help.
Turns out a man had been out for a row earlier in the day and had grown tired. When he went to remove one of his oars before pulling up to the dock he fell in to the water without a lifejacket on.
Jan Choquette was standing on the dock at the time. She is not part of Abreast In A Boat, but she is on a dragon boat team.
“I heard a man saying ‘help, I need help’ and I turned around and saw a man floundering in the water there,” she said.