Calvin To spoke with the rescuer who’s reluctant to call himself a hero.
Ian Greenwood was out fishing on a belly boat on Thetis Lake Tuesday afternoon when he saw two people in need of help.
“I watched for a second and I noticed the kid was going under a little bit so I just started kicking my way out there as fast as I could,” Greenwood said.
“So I grabbed the one kid that was going under a couple times. He almost tried to climb on my lap out of panic. And I kind of calmed him down and made sure that he just held on to the side.”
Greenwood is an experienced sailor and a former member of the Navy. He said he doesn’t have extensive rescue training and is reluctant to call himself a hero.
“I did what anybody should’ve done, I think,” he said.
“There’s no skin off my back.”
This incident has prompted questions from some swimmers about whether there should be lifeguards at the lake
In 2013, a 21-year-old person drowned just 10 metres from shore.
Lifeguards have not been at Thetis Lake since 2002.
The Capital Regional District currently has no plans to bring them back.
Calvin To
