Where were you 30 years ago this day?

It was a Saturday night when that train derailed sending the residents of Mississauga out of their homes. I know, our house was one of them.

I was a volunteer with St. John Ambulance then and we were called out at 06:30 on Remembrance Day. I was away from home for the duration helping to evacuate the hospital, nursing homes, old age homes and manning evacuation centres. One of the amazing things during that evacuation was that there was no instant communication like we have today, yet between the police, fire, ambulance and volunteer agencies, things got done.

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