Port Alberni man calls friend a 'hero' after he was saved from near-drowning

Port Alberni man calls friend a 'hero' after he was saved from near-drowning

A Port Alberni senior is praising the efforts of a friend and a second man who came to his rescue on July 15, saving him from a near-drowning at a local marina. Marty Stace-Smith says he was using a wheelbarrow to begin moving some items off of his boat, the “MarLana IV,” in the Clutesi Haven Marina on Wednesday when he somehow ended up in the water. ”I just tripped over something and me and the wheelbarrow both went in the water and I couldn’t …