‘Always in the back of my mind’: Looking back at the rescue of the Lucky 7, one year later
One year ago, the community of New-Wes-Valley was celebrating an incredible survival story. A crew of fishermen, now known as the Lucky Seven, spent 50 hours adrift in a life raft over 200 kilometres from land, and were rescued in a rare positive outcome in a province with a history of tragedies at sea. Eugene Carter was captain of the Elite Navigator vessel, and spoke about it all with Here and Now’s Carolyn Stokes.