| 词条 | Keith Paul Mitchell |
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On November 12, 1996, Sergeant Mitchell and Master Corporal Pierce carried out an unprecedented parachute jump at night from a Hercules aircraft into freezing Arctic waters to provide medical aid to a critically ill fisherman on board a Danish fishing trawler located near Resolution Island, Northwest Territories. With inadequate flare illumination, Sergeant Mitchell and Master Corporal Pierce parachuted towards where a Zodiac boat was supposed to have been launched to pull them from the sea. Extremely strong winds carried the two men away from the vessel and landed them in freezing three-metre waves. Because of the heavy seas and severe icing conditions, they were unable to swim to the trawler. About 15 minutes later, with the men close to hypothermia, the ice-encrusted Zodiac finally reached them. They made it to the trawler, where they immediately treated the ill sailor and saved his life. References1. ^{{cite news |author=Governor General |title=GOVERNMENT HOUSE -- CANADIAN BRAVERY DECORATIONS |publisher=Canada Gazette |quote=Vol. 132, No. 19 — Cross of Valour MASTER CORPORAL KEITH PAUL MITCHELL, C.V., C.D. MASTER CORPORAL BRYAN KEITH PIERCE, C.V., C.D. On November 12, 1996, Search and Rescue Technicians Mitchell and Pierce carried out an unprecedented night parachute jump into freezing Arctic waters to provide medical aid to a critically ill fisherman on board a Danish trawler near Resolution Island, Northwest Territories. |date=May 9, 1998 |url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p1/1998/1998-05-09/html/gh-rg-eng.html |accessdate=2011-01-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321013036/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p1/1998/1998-05-09/html/gh-rg-eng.html |archivedate=March 21, 2012 |df= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Keith Paul}}{{Canada-mil-bio-stub}} 3 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Canada) |
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