http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/08/09...by-rescue-snub
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Some members of the Calgary Fire Department are furious they weren’t given the opportunity to help with a Chestermere drowning call they believe could have had a happier ending.
On Saturday night, Richis Katumbay, 33, an inexperienced swimmer not wearing a life jacket vanished underwater while tubing on the lake.
RCMP divers from B.C. were on scene Tuesday still searching for Katumbay’s body after a private team from Edmonton was called off Sunday.
But the tragedy in the bedroom community east of the city has members of the Calgary Fire Department’s dive team saddened, fuming, and left scratching their heads why their offers to lend their expertise was snubbed.
If the help was accepted, the life of the father of seven could have been saved, said one fire captain who the Sun has agreed not to name.
“I don’t know why we weren’t called in,” he said.
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If the Calgary divers are feeling like they could have done something I think you have to side with them. Don't really know how Chestermere doesn't have a rescue team in Chestermere with all the homes near the water and how busy it can get there.