- Title: CANADA: "MIRACLE" BABY SURVIVES 75 METRE FALL FROM SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
- Date: 23rd September 1999
- Summary: NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (SEPTEMBER 22, 1999) (CTV - NO ACCESS CANADA) 1. SV: BABY BEING PUT ONTO STRETCHER 0.08 2. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) UNIDENTIFIED MALE RESCUE WORKER SAYING "Initially we were told the baby was in the water. We went out onto the bridge to see if we could see the baby and we saw that the baby was sitting on a rock shelf at the edge of the river and sort of miraculously I could see that the baby was moving from the bridge." 0.19 (FILE) 3. GV: TOURISTS ON CAPILANO SUSPENSION BRIDGE (4 SHOTS) 0.39 (SEPTEMBER 22, 1999) 4. CU: SOUNDBITE (English) TERRY ABRAMS, NORTH VANCOUVER FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYING "We go to many rescues and usually when we go to one of this nature it's grim going there. On this particular case it was no different but when we heard that the baby had hit some branches and we got down to the scene and the baby was alive that was truly a miracle." 0.53 (FILE) 5. CU: SIGN AT ENTRANCE TO BRIDGE AREA 0.57 6. GV: VARIOUS OF FACILITIES AROUND BRIDGE (2 SHOTS) 1.02 (SEPTEMBER 22, 1999) 7. CU: SOUNDBITE (English) SUE KAFFKA, CAPILANO BRIDGE'S MARKETING MANAGER SAYING "Small children have to be held by the hand and they are not allowed to be carried and their is signage at both ends of the bridge. Also, our staff are very well trained to look for that... It sounds like that the child was being carried." 1.23 8. STILL OF BRIDGE 1.29 9. SCU: CLOSE-UP OF BABY IN ARMS OF RESCUE WORKERS 1.41 10. GV: BABY BEING DELIVERED TO HOSPITAL 1.49 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NORTH VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
- Country: Canada
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