Montreal Firefighter Drowning: Safety Board Highlights ‘Decisions Made on the Fly’

Montreal Firefighter Drowning: Safety Board Highlights ‘Decisions Made on the Fly’
The helmet of fireman Pierre Lacroix is carried to the church for his funeral services in Montreal, on Oct. 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded that a lack of planning contributed to the October 2021 capsizing of a rescue boat that killed a Montreal firefighter.

Pierre Lacroix, 58, drowned after the boat flipped while he and three colleagues attempted to pull a pleasure vessel carrying two people from the Lachine Rapids off the southern tip of Montreal Island.