"Schoolgirl honoured for bravery"

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Apr 20, 2004, 12:12 AM
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Schoolgirl honoured for bravery
Canadian Press

Ottawa
A schoolgirl who braved howling wolves and deep snow in an effort to save her injured father has been awarded the country's second-highest medal for courage.

The award was announced Monday by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson.

Marie Leia Marion Claire Hunt-Hans, of Ile-Perrot, Que., was 11 years old when she and her father crashed their snowmobile down a steep ravine into an ice-covered creek in March 2003 in northern Quebec.

?Cold and terrified by the howling wind and wolves, Leia courageously set out in total darkness on a nearby lake in a vain attempt to find assistance,? the citation says.

She found her way back to her father after walking three kilometres, and the two huddled together all night.

In the morning, with her boots caked in ice, she set out again down a snowmobile path and walked six kilometres before being found by snowmobilers who told her that her father had been rescued.

She lost her right foot and left toes to frostbite.

The Star of Courage is awarded for acts of conspicuous courage in circumstances of great peril.


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Talk about bravery...  8)
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Assault

#1
Apr 20, 2004, 12:48 AM
Wow. Tough kid. :shock:
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Bilbo

#2
Apr 20, 2004, 09:52 AM
Good for her!

Too bad about her foot and toes.  :(
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Pernicious

#3
Apr 20, 2004, 10:23 AM
I believe that this girl is very courageous and deserves the honor that comes with that medal. It is very unfortunate that she suffered serious frostbite and damage requiring amputation.

I hope that she is able to live a long and full life.
 do what I need to do to protect my loved ones, friends, and family. This is what men do.

Mr. Nickle

#4
Apr 20, 2004, 11:31 AM
Amazing that she survived the cold. There are far too many snowmobile related tragedies like this in our country. Usually comes down to lack of preparation, recklessness or consumption of alcohol. It's too bad this little girl suffered these injuries.  :(
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NealGold

#5
Apr 20, 2004, 11:51 AM
Now, whenever the propaganda arm of The FemBorg Kube, Inc., mutter "brave" to any woman who dared, for example, to marry a man who was beneath her station in life, remember this little girl.  That is bravery, and surely a commitment to survive.
A man conscious of his strength, observes Nietzsche, need have no fear of women. It is only the man who finds himself utterly helpless in the face of feminine cajolery that must cry, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" and flee. The normal, healthy man...still keeps a level head. He is strong enough to weather the sexual storm. But the man who cannot do this, who experiences no normal reaction in the direction of guardedness and caution and reason, must either abandon himself utterly as a helpless slave to woman's instinct of race-preservation, and so become a bestial voluptuary, or avoid temptation altogether and so become a celibate." -- H.L. Mencken on Nietzsche's philosophy of women

Sir Duke

#6
Apr 20, 2004, 12:06 PM
You will no doubt find the former as an example of female bravery over the latter, Neal. Femborg would have it no other way, unfortunately.

That little girl is an angel, good on her.

LSBeene

#7
Apr 20, 2004, 12:56 PM
Gender politics aside ...

This girl is a heroic figure any way you slice it.

Steven
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