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May 14, 2014 Updated: May 14, 2014 | 8:56 pm
Ottawa’s Chinese community honours B.C. hero
By Denis Armstrong, Metro
DENIS ARMSTRONG/METRO Ottawa Chinese-Canadian Heritage Centre president Saoyong Liu and past president Jinsheng Xue pose for a photo with Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for British Columbia Southern Interior and NDP Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, Wednesday.
The B.C. man who saved a seven year-old Ottawa boy from drowning from drowning while on vacation in Cuba was honoured Wednesday by members of Ottawa’s Chinese community and NDP MP for Ottawa Centre Paul Dewar.
Dewar, Jinsheng Xue and Saoyong Liu of the Ottawa Chinese-Canadian Heritage Centre presented Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for British Columbia Southern Interior with a plaque for Robert “Woody” Wudkevich, the Nelson native who rescued Connor Liu.
Atamanenko will present the plaque to Wudkevich at his constituency office next week.
On March 19, the final day of the Liu family’s first vacation in Cuba, Connor and his father were swimming in shallow water when a strong undertow swept the boy out into deep waters. Wudkevich was on the Varadero beach when he heard Connor and his father Yue Liu’s cries for help.
Wudkevich rescued Connor, but could not reach the older Liu, 40, who was carried out into deep waters by strong current while attempting to save his son.
The accident has devastated Liu’s widow Fanyan Bu and their nine-year-old daughter, and touched thousands of Canadians. A fundraiser by Ottawa’s Chinese-Canadian community was set up to help the Liu family pay $30,000 in funeral expenses and get the family back on their feet, raising more than $100,000.
“Woody’s a true hero for the Chinese community and all Canadians,” said Jinsheng Xue. “He could have lost his own life. People like him are special.”
“It’s like two stories, of heroic action in a horrible tragedy,” said MP Dewar. “The Chinese community appreciate Woody in a genuine way.”
http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1034288/ottawas-chinese-community-honours-b-c-hero/
Ottawa’s Chinese community honours B.C. hero
By Denis Armstrong, Metro
DENIS ARMSTRONG/METRO Ottawa Chinese-Canadian Heritage Centre president Saoyong Liu and past president Jinsheng Xue pose for a photo with Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for British Columbia Southern Interior and NDP Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, Wednesday.
The B.C. man who saved a seven year-old Ottawa boy from drowning from drowning while on vacation in Cuba was honoured Wednesday by members of Ottawa’s Chinese community and NDP MP for Ottawa Centre Paul Dewar.
Dewar, Jinsheng Xue and Saoyong Liu of the Ottawa Chinese-Canadian Heritage Centre presented Alex Atamanenko, NDP MP for British Columbia Southern Interior with a plaque for Robert “Woody” Wudkevich, the Nelson native who rescued Connor Liu.
Atamanenko will present the plaque to Wudkevich at his constituency office next week.
On March 19, the final day of the Liu family’s first vacation in Cuba, Connor and his father were swimming in shallow water when a strong undertow swept the boy out into deep waters. Wudkevich was on the Varadero beach when he heard Connor and his father Yue Liu’s cries for help.
Wudkevich rescued Connor, but could not reach the older Liu, 40, who was carried out into deep waters by strong current while attempting to save his son.
The accident has devastated Liu’s widow Fanyan Bu and their nine-year-old daughter, and touched thousands of Canadians. A fundraiser by Ottawa’s Chinese-Canadian community was set up to help the Liu family pay $30,000 in funeral expenses and get the family back on their feet, raising more than $100,000.
“Woody’s a true hero for the Chinese community and all Canadians,” said Jinsheng Xue. “He could have lost his own life. People like him are special.”
“It’s like two stories, of heroic action in a horrible tragedy,” said MP Dewar. “The Chinese community appreciate Woody in a genuine way.”
http://metronews.ca/news/ottawa/1034288/ottawas-chinese-community-honours-b-c-hero/
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