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B2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y D e c e m b e r 3, 2003 This photograph says it all. Karan Hobley, who sur vived a terrifying car crash this past summer, was able to thank her res cuers in person Friday. On the receiving end of a massive and deserving hug was Ilidio Catarino, a con struction worker who, along with Carlo D'Angelo, used a crane to remove a van from Hobley's car. Survivor owes life to rescuers (Continued from page B1) Officer Rick Barrett, when fire crews reached the scene a mere three minutes and two seconds after being summoned, all three vehicles were engulfed in fire. As firefighters began extin guishing the blaze, they realized someone was trapped inside the Cavalier and they did their best keep to Hobley calm and keep the flames away from her. The fire was doused quickly and thanks to construction under way on Third Line. D'Angelo and Catarino were on hand to use a crane to hoist the cube van off the Cavalier. " The minute they lifted the truck off me it seemed like sec onds until I was in the ambu lance," she said. " I know now that it was a lot longer." Hobley - who said she owes her life to all those involved explained that she tries to view the whole ordeal in a positive light, meaning that she would have never encountered such bravery, love and support with out it. ``I hope the new recruits will get a lot of encouragement from this for what they'll be doing in the future," she said. Six new recruits became `one team' (Continued from page B1) Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver over and they w ill continue to learn throughout their firefight ing careers. " You've come a long way." said Craibbe. " Now you're sit ting in the front row and we're proud to have you." Fire Chief Chris Powers agreed that the recruits' training process has been a " long and demanding one," but added on a lighter note that they also learned to dress themselves and wash dishes. " Six new recruits truly became one team," said Smith. Acting Captain Gord McLaren, who was intimately involved the recruits' training, said that while the public has some idea of what their job entails, it is only after coping with exhaustion, dealing with complex equipment and making have missed a moment for the world. mistakes that you can truly · understand. " It was clear we had pretty " Your profession as a fire high standards to meet," said fighter is something you can be Smith, who admitted all six very proud of," said Rev. Hamer. grads were giddy at the uniform " The task is not one many peo fitting. " But it was really fun to come ple would want to do." Their careers w ill ones of to work every day." extremes. Rev. Hamer contin " This graduating class is a ued, saying that the new fire fine group," added Public fighters will cut a mangled body Education/Special Projects out of a car and breathe life into Officer Rick Barrett. a drowned child; save lives or Earlier in the ceremony, realize there is " absolutely noth Craibbe acknowledged three ing you can do." new corporate partners whose W hile their future remains generosity helps make the train unwritten, training remained ing campus the kind of state-ofthe-art facility that produces fresh in the graduates' minds. As a child, said Smith, she never such first-class graduates. With dreamed the fire service encom the addition of LeFarge Canada. Mueller Canada and M SA passed the level of training nec essary to graduate. That said. Canada, the total number of Smith explained she wouldn't sponsors has grown to 31. 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