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Canadian Ranger credited with saving life of young mother Warrant Officer Mark Kendall grew up in Port Perry Warrant Officer Mark Kendall, a Canadian Ranger instructor, and two Nishnawbe-Aski Police officers, are credited with saving the life of a young mother who said she was going to commit suicide near Sandy Lake in northern Saskatchewan. WO Kendall grew up near Utica and attended Port Perry schools. He is the son of Larry and Doreen Kendall. The two police officers negotiated unsuccessfully with the distraught woman for an hour as she walked slowly towards the centre of the fast flowing Severn River where the unstable ice would not have supported her weight. The thin ice forced the officers, who had no safety equipment, to retreat. The woman was eventually saved by WO Kendall, who was tethered toa safety rope held by Rangers. Making his way out to the woman on the dangerous ice he was able to speak with her. “1 talked to her for five or 10 minutes about my family and hers,” he said. He asked her if she intended to take her life and she replied, “yes”. WARRANT OPFIGER'MARK KENDALL “She started stamping on the thin ice as if she wanted to break Photo courtesy of Captain Rick Morse. through. She looked away briefly and I ran about 20 feet and I tackled her. I wrapped a rope around her and I held her for all I was worth as the _ level. They had no safety equipment. Rangers pulled us to safe ice,” WO Kendall recounted. They knew our Rangers have had ice Tronically, only a month earlier, he had taken a course in suicide rescue training and we have rescue prevention, taught by Staff Sergeant MacLeod. “I said all the things to her — equipment in place in the community,” that Dan told us to say. It was all going through my mind as I talked to the commanding officer continued. her... I have to thank Dan for what he taught mi A veteran of Afghanistan, WO Ken- Mark received praise from his commanding officer, Warrant Officer dall said saving the woman was the best Mark Kendall did great stuff,” said Major Guy Ingram, CO of 3rd Cana- day in his military career. “You do good dian Ranger Patrol Group. things in the army but this was the best *The police officers tried to get out there on the river where the ice feeling ever.” was dangerous and realized it was beyond their training and equipment Files courtesy of Sgt. Peter Moon RON & KIM WEATHERHEAD, Your Royal LePage Real Estate CSE onl Erofcesionals Ron Weatherhead, Broker, and | communities, supporting. Kim Blakley-Weatherhead, those in need, and raising Sales Representative, are the bar when it comes to dedicated to providing corporate social responsibility. outstanding service, building At Royal Lepage, we re believe poten that oriented culture i is ee We recognize those who 4Nonquon Rd, Seagrave $415,900 1764 Scugog St, Port Pery $285,611 a 16 Mead Ri, Port Perry $364,900 LLM eit customers. ‘To take advantage of their knowledge and dedicated service to support, contact: CS Visit us online at: www.durhamhomesandbeyond.com FOCUS - MARCH 2011 5