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Brian McWilliams - Saved woman from drowning (Sheryl Smith)
Brian McWilliams - Saved woman from drowning (Sheryl Smith)

Brian McWilliams - Saved woman from drowning (Sheryl Smith)

Date11/27/1996
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130285F
Left to Right H. R. H. Duke of Kent Mrs McWilliams Hon R. F. McWilliams Lt Gov. of Manitoba at the entrance to government House winnipeg as the Duke r(...)
Left to Right H. R. H. Duke of Kent Mrs McWilliams Hon R. F. McWilliams Lt Gov. of Manitoba at the entrance to government House winnipeg as the Duke r(...)
9/1/1941
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
Guide dog Trina helps Wally McWilliams, 23, blind since birth, get to places too difficult for a cane, he says
9/13/1977
Life saving reflexes: Mark Bennett, 19, of Brampton says he didn't have time to think when he helped save a fellow lifeguard from drowning at the Wild Water Kingdom park.
Life saving reflexes: Mark Bennett, 19, of Brampton says he didn't have time to think when he helped save a fellow lifeguard from drowning at the Wild Water Kingdom park.
7/6/1989
Reluctant hero: Ryan McKeown, 14, is being praised for saving a boy, 7, from drowning in a Scarborough swimming pool last week
Reluctant hero: Ryan McKeown, 14, is being praised for saving a boy, 7, from drowning in a Scarborough swimming pool last week
2/24/1992
Breakfast get-together: Claude Neon president Heath Matthews relives a Blue Jays baseball game with son Byron, 5, as Sheryl Matthews shares the start of her husband's day over a cup of coffee
Breakfast get-together: Claude Neon president Heath Matthews relives a Blue Jays baseball game with son Byron, 5, as Sheryl Matthews shares the start of her husband's day over a cup of coffee
8/2/1978
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
Burned while pulling a 9-year-old girl to safety from a burning car and trying to rescue another child, Gordon Gillespie of North York sits up in Scarborough General Hospital. He and his son, Terry, 21, saved Fiorella D'Alfonso but her sister Maria, 11, b
2/10/1975
He saved her: Stan Misa, 41, holds 8-year-old Beverley Pypher, whom he rescued from a burning apartment yesterday
He saved her: Stan Misa, 41, holds 8-year-old Beverley Pypher, whom he rescued from a burning apartment yesterday
10/24/1981
DR. DOuglas Crozier saved our active and healthy son, reader says. Six year ago he was only months away from death, James Taylor writes.
DR. DOuglas Crozier saved our active and healthy son, reader says. Six year ago he was only months away from death, James Taylor writes.
10/8/1974
Restored dredger: Stephen McKean saved this vessel from the scrapyard.
Restored dredger: Stephen McKean saved this vessel from the scrapyard.
3/15/1991
Stephanie Smyth, 680 New sanchar Woman and News reader on CHFI, gives Brian a hug.
Stephanie Smyth, 680 New sanchar Woman and News reader on CHFI, gives Brian a hug.
10/29/1998
Brian Smith of CN
Brian Smith of CN
9/26/1994