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08 EdtlOHSl Monday- November 4, 1991 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The StarPhoenix Arctic crash survivors return amid stories of heroism By The Canadian Press Self-sacrifice and heroic endurance figured in the survival of 13 people after the crash of an army transport plane in the high Arctic, say relatives and military spokesmen. Five people, including the pilot, died when the CC-130 Hercules slammed into the tundra near the top of the world during a routine supply mission to an Armed Forces radar station in Alert, N.W.T. While some were killed on impact, an undisclosed number died following the Wednesday crash, Michel Gagne confirmed during a briefing Sunday at the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa. The remaining 13 huddled inside the belly of the battered aircraft, warmed by a small fire until rescuers reached them nearly 30 hours after the crash. Ten of the survivors were resting fitfully Sunday in Ottawa hospitals, recovering from frostbite, fractures and head injuries.

Military officials said only two required surgery and most were in good spirits. Most of the patients are expected to be released from hospital by next weekend. But details of the bravery and stoicism displayed during the ordeal were still sketchy. During weekend briefings, officials hesitated to relate specific heroics as they continued to gather information. But among those singled out in some reports were: Capt.

Wilma Degrout, a 26-year-old doctor who, according to her father from Collingwood, ignored her broken ankle while she tended to the more seriously hurt. Capt. John Couch, who may have sacrificed his own life to help rally others, ensuring they kept warm. "Apparently he never stopped, he just kept going and going he was like a mother to them all out there," said Warrant Officer Fred Ritchie, a member of the rescue team. Couch, of St.

Albert, died of exposure. Master Cpl. Roland Pitre of Edmonton, the loadmaster, who was busy helping passengers buckle safety belts and didn't make it back to his own seat before the crash. The others killed in the crash were: Capt. Judy Trepanier, Warrant Officer Robert Grimsley, both of Ottawa, and Master Warrant Officer J.T.

Jardine of Trenton, Ont. The three other survivors returned to Edmonton on Saturday. More than two dozen specialized rescue workers from across Canada converged on Alert, home to about 200 military people, dur ing the rescue effort. A Hercules hovered over the crash site for almost 24 hours waiting for a break in the weather that would allow rescuers to jump in. The site, 600 kilometres south of the North Pole, is shrouded in darkness for all but two hours a day this time of year.

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