Heroes Recognized
A big tip of the hat to Winnipeg Free Press employee Harry Prymak. He was among a group of people in Ottawa on Thursday to receive bravery decorations from Governor General Michaelle Jean.
Mr. Prymak was icefishing with a group of friends up in Lac du Bonnet three years ago when they heard the screams of a snowmobiler who had fallen through the ice.
Despite not being a strong swimmer, he risked his life by sliding on his belly over to the hole in the ice where the victim was. As he pulled the man up from the water the ice broke and he too fell in. He continued to go after the drowning man until both were plucked from the water by his friends.
Other Manitobans who received the Medal of Bravery are:
Transit driver Jerry Beernaerts, who jumped out of his bus and helped rescue Winifred Lindsay, whose motorized scooter had overturned on railway tracks with a train coming.
RCMP Cpl. James Allan Munro, of Dauphin, who rescued a man from an apartment fire in Flin Flon in June 2005.
Mst. Cpl. Jonas Denechezhe and Clifford Tssessaze, of Lac Brochet, who helped save a woman and her two-year-old son from a house fire in that community in October 2006.
In all, 47 people were honoured, some posthumously.
Congrats Harry and everyone else! You deserve it.
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