標題: Pilot killed near Slave Lake remembered in Abbotsford [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-5-26 20:12 標題: Pilot killed near Slave Lake remembered in Abbotsford
Pilot killed near Slave Lake remembered in Abbotsford
Fifty-four-year-old Jean-Luc Deba was fighting wildfires when his chopper went down
Jesse Johnston May 26, 2011 17:34:51 PM
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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) - Abbotsford-based Campbell Helicopters is mourning the loss of the pilot who was killed while fighting wildfires near Slave Lake, Alberta last week.
His co-workers remember 54-year-old Jean-Luc Deba as a world traveller, family man and a guy with a big smile.
Operations manager Laura Siemens says he had a huge impact on his co-workers in Abbotsford. "He loved life and he embraced it... very passionate in his work and his family life."
Deba died Friday and crews were back up in the air to fight the wildfires the next day, because as Siemens puts it, fires don't wait for anyone.
An investigation into the crash will take a year to complete
