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A model rescue operation. A twin-rotor Labrador helicopter from the crack Canadian Forces search-and-rescue team hoist a man to safety from chilly Bur(...)
A model rescue operation. A twin-rotor Labrador helicopter from the crack Canadian Forces search-and-rescue team hoist a man to safety from chilly Bur(...)

A model rescue operation. A twin-rotor Labrador helicopter from the crack Canadian Forces search-and-rescue team hoist a man to safety from chilly Bur(...)

Date5/14/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: A model rescue operation. A twin-rotor Labrador helicopter from the crack Canadian Forces search-and-rescue team hoist a man to safety from chilly Burlington Bay yesterday. The demonstration was part of the second annual Police Scuba Divers Symposium. Two crew members were used as guinea pigs.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0003523F
      Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)
      Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      12/14/1971
      Avid watcher: Tom Sand uses binoculars to watch the helicopter rescue from the safety of the Lake Simcoe shoreline in Innisfil Township
      Avid watcher: Tom Sand uses binoculars to watch the helicopter rescue from the safety of the Lake Simcoe shoreline in Innisfil Township
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/8/1989
      Avid watcher: Tom Sand uses binoculars to watch the helicopter rescue from the safety of the Lake Simcoe shoreline in Innisfil Township
      Avid watcher: Tom Sand uses binoculars to watch the helicopter rescue from the safety of the Lake Simcoe shoreline in Innisfil Township
      Stawicki, Andrew
      1/8/1989
      Radio Buff Dick Cummins, president of Scarborough CB radio group, demonstrates how he can control 80 mobile citizen band operators from special trailer, when working with search and rescue operation. Pins on the board indicate their home baes. He is trying to organize all citizens-band groups in Metro into one.
      Radio Buff Dick Cummins, president of Scarborough CB radio group, demonstrates how he can control 80 mobile citizen band operators from special trailer, when working with search and rescue operation. Pins on the board indicate their home baes. He is trying to organize all citizens-band groups in Metro into one.
      Lennon, Frank
      10/4/1976
      Rescue, Anyone? Members of the Horton Safety Team display some of their state of the art rescue and safety equipment
      Rescue, Anyone? Members of the Horton Safety Team display some of their state of the art rescue and safety equipment
      Slaughter, Mike
      7/6/1988
      Canadian armed forces fly to the rescue
      Canadian armed forces fly to the rescue
      Hospital for Sick Children
      10/31/1975
      The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
      The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
      Mahler, John
      9/2/1977
      Search & Rescue team (Overt)
      Search & Rescue team (Overt)
      Bock, Tony
      4/23/1995
      Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
      Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
      Dutton, Don
      2/10/1975
      Rescue Northwest air commans search Wilfred Rivet makes a jump from a plane, during Edmonton a special heavy duty, wire against trees and rough chute. [Incomplete]
      Rescue Northwest air commans search Wilfred Rivet makes a jump from a plane, during Edmonton a special heavy duty, wire against trees and rough chute. [Incomplete]
      Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
      11/3/1944
      Sniffing it out: Roy Da Silva gives his English springer spaniel Sprat a new scent to identify with, Da Silva is the director of the Ontario branch of Cansard - Canadian Search and Rescue Dogs, where dogs learn to track down missing persons.
      Sniffing it out: Roy Da Silva gives his English springer spaniel Sprat a new scent to identify with, Da Silva is the director of the Ontario branch of Cansard - Canadian Search and Rescue Dogs, where dogs learn to track down missing persons.
      Dunlop, Alan
      12/21/1989
      Helicopter rescues sailors
      Helicopter rescues sailors
      Burgess, Bruce, 1968-
      8/10/1987