Two weeks into his captaincy, Zane Neal led a relatively inexperienced Elkview mine rescue team to victory May 13 at the 96th annual East Kootenay Zone Mine Rescue and First Aid competition.
“Today we got lucky and that’s all we can ask for in rescue,” said Neal after the news was announced at a gala mine rescue banquet held Saturday night at the Fernie Community Centre.
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