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She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario
She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario

She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario

Date8/10/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0035221F
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      McConnell, Colin
      9/17/1979
      Top Player: Peter Ing gives thumbs up sign to budding photographer and teammate Michel Petit yesterday after the Leaf goaile was awarded the Moison cup for December
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      Leader of the pack. Metro police chief-designate Bill McCormack gives the thumbs-up sign as he prepares to fire up his motorcycles as the Blue Knights(...)
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      Gower, Patti
      9/9/1989
      Out the door: Adam Rita gives thumbs-up sing as he stands outside Argos' dressing room after he was fired as the team's head coach yesterday
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      Goode, Jeff
      9/21/1992
      Bingo!, A happy group of Star Super bingo winners give the thumbs-up sign after collecting $400 each in game 9, in which $ 10,000 was shared by 25 people
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      Goode, Jeff
      11/15/1982
      A lift over troubled waters, Firefighter Bill Loukides gives Nicole Poirier a lift after a watermain valve burst near SkyDome last night and shot water 18 metres (60 feet) into the air
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      Power, Peter
      6/20/1990
      They made it! Star photographer David Cooper gives thumbs up to signify a successful ending in the race to get wife Peggy to hospital through the stor(...)
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      Cooper, David
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      Just plain folks: East York alderman Gord Crann (left) and Newmarket mayor Ray Twinney smile their agreement with Jim Mullen, who gives thumbs-up approval to the borough's proposed change in status
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Loek, Dick
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      Bull, Ron
      7/7/1983
      Good sign: Tourism Minister Ken Black and some Stage Kids says thumbs up at Queen's Park yesterday before the troupe takes its anti-drugs message on the road
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      Black, Ken
      7/3/1990
      Let's go! Conductor Andrew Davis gave the thumbs up sign as he entered Roy Thomson Hall last night to put the Toronto Symphony through its first concert in its new home
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