Bearskin pilot awarded Medal of Bravery.

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Bearskin pilot awarded Medal of Bravery.

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My good friend and Avcanada member Keith was awarded the Governor General Medal of Bravery today.
Keith conduct during the accident and in the following weeks, months and years should serve as an example to all of us.
Congratulations Captain Hoffman.

On Nov 10, 2013, Keith Jacob Hoffman, who hails from Winnipeg and Bolton, Ont., rescued a fellow passenger from a burning plane. The plane had crashed in a wooded area near the airport in Red Lake, Ont.

Upon impact, the aircraft burst into flames, setting the surrounding bush on fire. Hoffman was making his way out when he found the woman covered in metal debris. He freed her and brought her a safe distance away as the wreck became engulfed in flames.

None of the other people on board survived.
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Good on you Keith, glad there's still people around like you.
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Cheers Keith. Very deserving of such a prestigious honour.
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Great job Keith, this is the stuff good people are made out of.
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"Kieth" must also be a very very strong man to physically lift and carry a woman from Red Lake! All that training Kieth must have done really paid off. Perhaps competing in the caber toss, or the atlas stones events come in handy after all.

Kidding. Seriously though, way to go Kieth. Congratulations.
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Absolutely outstanding Captain Hoffman.
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co-joe wrote:"Kieth" must also be a very very strong man to physically lift and carry a woman from Red Lake! All that training Kieth must have done really paid off. Perhaps competing in the caber toss, or the atlas stones events come in handy after all.
I understand the woman he pulled out was a YWG customer service agent who was returning back to Winnipeg on that flight.
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why was the plane crashed and on fire in a forest outside of red lake?
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leftoftrack wrote:why was the plane crashed and on fire in a forest outside of red lake?
http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-r ... 3C0150.asp
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good job Captain Hoffman
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I've known Keith for quite a while, and I'm glad to be good friends with him. Can't think of anyone else I know who deserves this level of recognition. Really a great guy, and would always do anything he can to help someone out.
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