Sunday, October 1, 2006

Doug Warnock - Hero

Les- were you asking me for this ?
Here is the incident where Dough Warnock saved a woman and 2 children from drowning in the Winter of 1995. I had to post the article in 2 sections. Please note that I was unable to copy the complete left hand article.I did not find it in the Guardian but I did find it in the Messenger. I have also included a rough translation.
 
 
 
TRANSLATION:
Doug Warnock thought he would make the headlines after such an incident. Doug was calmly chatting with friends on a tuesday  afternoon at the Verdun Yacht Club and was displaying  his certificate of merit wich he received from Raymond Lavigne and was replying to the questions from the Verdun Messenger concerning a family excursion wich turned into a drama.
Doug Warnock is a member of the Verdun Yact Club since 20 years and is a healthy 45 year old man who likes nautical activities and owns a chalet on Heron Island. He is a father of 1 boy named Max. Doug is presently unempled and has since received several offers following the rescue.
It was 11.40 last sunday when a police officer named Anthony Vassilya left his auto near the Verdun Yacht Club when he heard the cries of a woman who was desperately gesticulating on the frozen river. Anthony ran to get help and friends from the Yacht club ran to give an helping hand. Dough Warnock and his friend
Bruno Lavoie arrived  and Doug dived without hesitation and reached the woman who was holding her daughter. No longer out of the water, Manon Lanteigne advised the recuers that a second daughter was in the water. Wet to the bones, Dough Warnock quickly noticed that a boot was floating down the currant  and quickly grabbed the body that was floating below the surface. Once ashore, Doug noticed that the child was unconcious and was not breathing and a volunteer starteed giving artificial respiration and little Mélissa Aubin started coughing and spitting. She seemed saved. Help soon arrived much before the arrival of Urgence-Santé; volunteers applied first aid before transport to the hospital and Mélissa and the other two seemed in pretty bad shape. Manon Lanteigne suffered a violent shock and was transported to the Centre Hospitalier de Verdun while the two children Annie Lanteigne 4 and Mélissa Aubin 6 were transported to the Montreal Children's Hospital.  Mélissa who spent 20 minutes in the water was in critical shaped, the child's heart stopped and was it not for the volunteers who gave her artificial respiration, and a heart massage, she would not have survived. As soon as she arrived at the hospital, she was treated in intensive care and the doctors seemed encouraged.. However, monday morning, the hospital assured the mother and grandfather Gilbert Aubin advising them that Mélissa was saved as they were    worried of neurological sequels.
As for Doug Warnock, the rescuer received first aid for a swollen body at the Victoria Hospital and he was released a couple of hours later and he quickly brought bear dolls to the 2 hospitalised children.
On Monday, the media invaded the Verdun Yacht Club chalet following the incident and on the site of the incident. The politicians also visited the sight, the federal deputy Raymond Lavigne and the mayor Georges Bossé. Deputy Lavigne gave a cetificate of bravory and advised the governor-general to enter the act of bravory to Doug who received a medal. Mayor Bossé had to answer may questions from the journalists on the the security concening the river bank reminding that it is not possible to fence the complete area but that warning signs would be installed.
The incident will have at least permitted to warn the adults and young ones of the danger of sliding on the river bank. The Red Cross took the ocasion to give a demonstration wenesday on the means of rescue in case of a fall in the water.
 
Guy
 
I wonder what happed to Doug Warnock ?
 
  

7 comments:

les__f MSN said...

Thanks for finding & posting that article Guy,......I Remember when it was brought up,.and we did find some reference to Doug,..from the Gov't in Ottawa,when they mentioned Doug's name ,and praised his heroic acts,...... but this article really is a great find,...... As to Doug's whereabouts??  He passed away in Chateguay on Dec 30th 2004 we do have a copy of his obit,in our memoriam section: I don't recall ,who initally mentioned Doug,......but it's great to hear nice things about,anyone,and in particular someone from Verdun,                                                                                Again  Merci Guy,  

johnmelinvin2 MSN said...

did Dough Warnock have a sister named Gail.
John
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les__f MSN said...

Hi  JOHNMELINVIN2 ,.............not according to this copy of his obit: but perhaps ,Gail is a cousin????? WARNOCK, Douglas (Doug). In Chateauguay on December 30, 2004, at the age of fifty-one years, passed away Douglas Warnock, son of the late Gordon and Marie Warnock. Father of Maxwell Breen Warnock, brother of Sandra (Delbert Bolduc). He will be also sadly missed by many relatives and friends. Resting at J.F. Wilson & Son, 5784 Verdun Ave., Verdun. Visitation: Tuesday, January 4, 2005, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Service in the Chapel on Wednesday, January 5, at 10 a.m.
The Montreal Gazette, Area Code 514
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johnmelinvin2 MSN said...

yes.....could be..my wife said she thinks they were related

kungfu MSN said...

I knew him quite well, a wonderful unassuming man, the Warnock family were elevator people and I worked with a few of them , He just tossed it aside as an everyday thing,  a real unsung hero and a great and honest Verdunite . Jimmy

earlcooper1 MSN said...

So true Jimmy                       Unassuming & a gentle giant. I was fortunate enough to know him as a kid in the late 70's & early 80's when he dated my aunt (Eileen Ford). Huge heart & probably saved more lives throughout the years at the Verdun Yacht Club. What I remembered most about him was his incredible "natural" physical strength. Great Verduner & shouldn't be forgotten.   Earl.

coachbim MSN said...

Dougs son Max plays football for us here with the Verdun Ti-Cats.Max is good young man, has some of his Dads attributes and looks just like Doug and he is a pretty good football player..I also knew Doug growing up in Verdun. RIP