23/11/11: Robert Decker: Sole survivor of the 2009 Cougar helicopter crash

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DATE : Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2011-11-23 05:00:00
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They wrote their first letter to the minister of Transport back in February. They were the families of 17 people killed in a helicopter crash off Newfoundland back in 2009. The families of the dead and the sole survivor Robert Decker had nagging questions about the safety of choppers still flying. There was no answer. Four months later in June, they wrote again to the minister. Still .. no answer. And so when they sent the third letter this month, Robert Decker decided he had to speak up. He has never spoken publicly outside of a provincial inquiry. Today, he is speaking to us.

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