A lot of the work he did during the week he was in Sydney was assessment and just plain manual labour – but he did much more than that.
Watkinson was just one of hundreds of professional, military and other responders who travelled to Canada’s ravaged east coast in the wake of post-tropical storm Fiona earlier this month.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“There was a man sitting outside having a cup of tea and a smoke and he just looked totally beat up, just emotionally crushed,” recalled Watkinson. “So being able to offer our services to someone like that who so clearly needs help, well, it is just so rewarding.” “It was so great. One day you could do a direct assessment on the property owners and you could be helping them the very next day, so you were able to see the immediate relief from the actions of your team,” said Watkinson. “We did everything from advanced disaster management to mucking out debris from homes that were flooded.Article content
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