'"After reaching out to St. John's Mayor Danny Breen — who lost his brother Peter in the crash— Etheridge started contacting the families of the victims. “After centuries of making our living from the sea, our province is no stranger to hardship and tragedy. An Offshore Helicopter Accident Memorial commemorating the victims of Cougar Flight 491 and 1985 Universal Helicopters crashes was unveiled at Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s in 2014. "Every single one of them wanted to tell their story, because they want people to know how hard it is — how hard it is to get that phone call, how hard it is to turn around to your six-year-old and say 'Dad's not coming home,'" said Etheridge in an interview with the "And they want that to be part of the legacy, in the sense they want the public to know that the offshore life is not easy."

'"At a book launch on Thursday, Peter Breen's daughter, Noelle Cullen, weighed in on the impact the reporting had on the families.

In the months before the accident, passenger Burch Nash suffered from terrible nightmares about dying in a helicopter crash.

Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 (also known as Flight 491) was a scheduled flight of a Cougar Sikorsky S-92A (Registration C-GZCH) which ditched on 12 March 2009 en route to the SeaRose FPSO in the White Rose oil field and Hibernia Platform in the Hibernia oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland 55 kilometres (34 mi) east-southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland. "I thought, 'Wow, I don't hear much talk about the people that died that day,' other than the collective '17 [who] lost their lives,'" he said.There was plenty of discussion about helicopter safety, or about memorial masses, but Etheridge said he was struck by the lack of intimate knowledge about the people who died. It will honour the six people killed in the Universal Helicopters crash on March 13, 1985, and the 17 people killed when Cougar Flight 491 crashed on March 12, 2009. "As they get older they're going to be able to pass it down to their children," she said "So for them to be able to actually have those memories and read them in a book like that, to me, is something really special. "He would wake up in the months before it happened. CEO Charlene Johnson says the tragedy has had a profound affect on the province and offshore industry and lessons were learned about safety. "Richmond Hill residents left wondering about mystery sign for daysCold Temperatures Bring Rare Snow to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains18 Celebs Who Have Clapped Back at Ellen DeGeneres, From Playful Ribbing to Genuine Disdain (Photos)Touched A Nerve?

That momentous shift stuck with him throughout his research. There was one survivor. The crash claimed the lives of 17 passengers and crew. The idea came to Etheridge, a veteran reporter and producer with CBC News, after noticing a conspicuous absence of coverage in the years that followed. "No one wants to remember how they died. Etheridge hopes the book honours the legacy of those who died.

Rod Etheridge's 18 Souls: The Loss and Legacy of Cougar Flight 491 traces the stories of people who died in the crash, and the families, friends, and loved ones left behind.

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He would wake up in a cold sweat really upset and screaming," said Etheridge, who interviewed Nash's wife Marilyn.Nash, not an overly religious man, took up the habit of praying in the months before he died — to "get in good with God" so that his body would be found, Etheridge said.The magnitude of the tragedy sent shock waves still reverberating throughout the province even a decade later.Only one man, Robert Decker, survived the crash of Cougar Flight 491, but he declined an interview for the book.

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