Search resumes in Sikome Lake for missing man
Posted Aug 12, 2014 7:10 am.
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Divers from the fire department have arrived back on scene at Sikome Lake in Fish Creek Provincial Park to resume their search for a man who’s missing and presumed drowned.
The 29 year-old fell into the water off a dinghy with his infant son Monday afternoon.
Many witnesses rushed from the shore to help around 4 p.m., when cries came out from the man-made waterway.
The baby was rescued, but the man was not.
“He was yelling help, help, help us,” a witness tells City News. “I was in the water at the time, and I swam over to try and grab him, I grabbed the kid very quickly, and gave him to a lifeguard.”
The water rescue search included two grid sweeps, with help from the public, and three fire department aquatic units.
Estimates put the lake at around seven feet deep.
