She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario

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She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario

Date8/10/1987

Names

Burgess, Bruce, 1968- (subject)

McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: She's okay: Shirley Burgess gives the thumbs-up sign from her bed at Sunnybrook Medical Centre after surviving an 18-hour ordeal in the churning waters of Lake Ontario.

Subject

Filmakers

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035221F

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