Post by ferryfast admin on Mar 26, 2006 10:15:31 GMT -5
B.C. ferry passengers still reeling from crash
Updated Sat. Mar. 25 2006 11:31 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
www.ctv.ca/
It was an emotional day for crew and passengers of the sunken B.C. ferry who began heading home from Prince Rupert Saturday after their tumultuous ordeal.
"It's pretty hard to still talk about. Everyone was telling me, 'Go get checked out' because I thought I broke my finger, and I'm like, 'That's the least of my worries.' There's people gone out there, you know?" passenger Nancy Laughing-Papineau told CTV Vancouver, while fighting back tears.
"It's like a panic attack, every now and then. One minute I'm smiling and the next minute I want to burst out and cry," said Lawrence Papineau, wiping away tears.
"I'm just mad - we never even got an apology yet. Where was the captain? Why didn't he apologize, publicly or anything?"
Survivors hugged and were consoled by family members who had come to pick them up and take them home.
Crew members of The Queen of North met with BC Ferry officials Saturday for the first time since Wednesday's accident to arrange their transportation home.
"They went through the initial shock and gratitude to be alive and now they're starting all those emotions that you build up for survival in a situation like that," said Jackie Miller, president of the BC Ferry Workers' Union.
"Now it's all starting to decompress and they're starting to literally fall apart."
The crew was told not to speak to the media while the investigation into the sinking continues.
Some, however, took the time to say goodbye to the passengers they helped save.
"There was nothing like getting off the ship here and seeing friends and family because we had just said goodbye to all these people and when you really say goodbye you mean it, but you never know how final that could be," said passenger Brandice Seabrook.
Crew members were so touched by the generosity and rescue efforts of the locals of Hartley Bay, they have recommended to the BC Ferry Port that the ferry that takes over the route be renamed The Spirit of Hartley Bay.
The Queen of the North sank off the province's north coast early Wednesday.
Ninety-nine passengers and crew were rescued from the vessel after it struck a rock off Gil Island in Wright Sound near the First Nations village of Hartley Bay.
Passengers Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, a couple from 108 Mile House, are missing and presumed dead.
Updated Sat. Mar. 25 2006 11:31 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
www.ctv.ca/
It was an emotional day for crew and passengers of the sunken B.C. ferry who began heading home from Prince Rupert Saturday after their tumultuous ordeal.
"It's pretty hard to still talk about. Everyone was telling me, 'Go get checked out' because I thought I broke my finger, and I'm like, 'That's the least of my worries.' There's people gone out there, you know?" passenger Nancy Laughing-Papineau told CTV Vancouver, while fighting back tears.
"It's like a panic attack, every now and then. One minute I'm smiling and the next minute I want to burst out and cry," said Lawrence Papineau, wiping away tears.
"I'm just mad - we never even got an apology yet. Where was the captain? Why didn't he apologize, publicly or anything?"
Survivors hugged and were consoled by family members who had come to pick them up and take them home.
Crew members of The Queen of North met with BC Ferry officials Saturday for the first time since Wednesday's accident to arrange their transportation home.
"They went through the initial shock and gratitude to be alive and now they're starting all those emotions that you build up for survival in a situation like that," said Jackie Miller, president of the BC Ferry Workers' Union.
"Now it's all starting to decompress and they're starting to literally fall apart."
The crew was told not to speak to the media while the investigation into the sinking continues.
Some, however, took the time to say goodbye to the passengers they helped save.
"There was nothing like getting off the ship here and seeing friends and family because we had just said goodbye to all these people and when you really say goodbye you mean it, but you never know how final that could be," said passenger Brandice Seabrook.
Crew members were so touched by the generosity and rescue efforts of the locals of Hartley Bay, they have recommended to the BC Ferry Port that the ferry that takes over the route be renamed The Spirit of Hartley Bay.
The Queen of the North sank off the province's north coast early Wednesday.
Ninety-nine passengers and crew were rescued from the vessel after it struck a rock off Gil Island in Wright Sound near the First Nations village of Hartley Bay.
Passengers Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, a couple from 108 Mile House, are missing and presumed dead.