Teens Make Heroic Rescue

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Two Kelowna 19-year olds are being applauded for their heroics, after they rescued four elderly Alberta people whose vehicle had gone into a lake. It happened Monday afternoon at Griffin Lake, at Three-Valley Gap near Revelstoke. Revelstoke Mounties say Tyler Lockerby and Matt Jackson were following a mini-van on the Trans-Canada Highway, when it veered out of control and slid into the lake. The Kelowna men pulled three people from the submerged van, then went back and rescued a fourth once they were told there was another person still trapped.Police say their quick action averted a tragedy.
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Water rescue
Web posted on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 CHBC VIDEO

Two young Kelowna men are being hailed as heroes for pulling people from a sinking vehicle.

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CBC NEWS:

Two teenagers from Kelowna are being hailed as heroes after saving four Calgarians whose minivan careened down an embankment and into a lake near Revelstoke, B.C., on Monday. Tyler Lockerby and his friend Matt Jackson were travelling east on the Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke when the driver of the Dodge Caravan in front of them lost control, Lockerby told CBC News on Tuesday. "Just seemed like it swerved off to the right, hit a sign, went up kind of an angled part of a meridian where it begins, went over, then rolled over to the right down, like, a 30-foot bank," said Lockerby. The van landed in Griffin Lake and began to sink. "It was all caved in, smashed-out windshields, windows; the windshield wipers were still running," said Lockerby.Jackson said the pair wasted no time diving into the water to rescue the occupants — an elderly couple and their two disabled adult daughters."We just jumped out of the car and ran down the embankment and dove in pretty much, and started seeing people's arms, and starting to pull them out of the water," said Jackson."We were probably in the water within less than a minute of it going in," he said. "We pulled out three people out of the driver's side door and one out of the front window, and both Ty and I swam to shore."

The RCMP said the four Alberta residents were taken to hospital in fairly serious condition. The parents were taken to hospital in Kamloops and the daughters remained in Revelstoke, but all are expected to survive, thanks to the heroic efforts of Jackson and Lockerby, police said. Lockerby, who turned 19 on Monday, said it was an unforgettable birthday."Some people are telling us we're heroes, but I don't know — what else would you do?" he said.