Dear Editor:
Words cannot possibly begin to convey the appreciation and heartfelt gratitude my family has for the kindness demonstrated by a multitude of strangers we will most likely never be able to thank in person.
Thank you to the bikers who found my father lying unconscious on a trail near Mosquito Creek and Montroyal Boulevard in the early morning of Friday, May 15.
Thank you to the firefighters and EMS who feverishly worked to revive my father’s heart with multiple rounds of defibrillation.
Thank you to the RCMP officer who drove to my parents’ home to inform my mother of what happened, who assisted her in getting things together and offered to drive her to the hospital.
Thank you to the chief steward and crew onboard the B.C. Ferries 8:30 a.m. departure to Nanaimo on the first day of the May long weekend, who were bombarded with annoyed travellers, yet took the time to listen to my needs, help me get turned around and returned to the North Shore so I could get to the hospital.
Thank you to the ER and ICU doctors, nurses and staff for their compassion, honesty and care of my father until his death three days later.
Without this community of kindness, each of whom played a key role without realizing it, my family would not have been able to come together to be with my father.
As a result of these actions, my father passed away with his family by his side.
How blessed was he, how blessed were we. Amongst all the daily chaos we experience, I am humbled by the kindness of strangers that prevail on the North Shore.
Thank you.
Diane Koch and family
North Vancouver
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