About 1,500 citizens and first responders gathered in Sechelt to remember two fallen members of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue.
Angie Nemeth and Beatrice Sorenson were on a training exercise two weeks ago when their inflatable boat overturned on some rapids. They were found dead under the hull.
“Really today was, I think, about pride that they got to serve with them and know them, and really celebrate their life today. I think a bunch of people felt really honoured that they knew them or at least associated with them,” Royal Canadian Marine president Randy Strandt says.
He adds the search and rescue group, formerly known as the Coast Guard auxiliary, had never before suffered a death, or even a serious injury.
“It does remind you there is danger out there, and I think we always knew that. But it certainly hits home a little closer when it does happen.”
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